- Return the proper timer register width (31 bits) for a 32-bit signed

register in order to avoid a timer interrupt storm on ARM XGene-1
 hardware running in NO_HZ mode
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Merge tag 'timers_urgent_for_v6.1_rc7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull timer fix from Borislav Petkov:

 - Return the proper timer register width (31 bits) for a 32-bit signed
   register in order to avoid a timer interrupt storm on ARM XGene-1
   hardware running in NO_HZ mode

* tag 'timers_urgent_for_v6.1_rc7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Fix XGene-1 TVAL register math error
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Linus Torvalds 2022-11-27 12:11:00 -08:00
commit 715d2d9608

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@ -806,6 +806,9 @@ static u64 __arch_timer_check_delta(void)
/*
* XGene-1 implements CVAL in terms of TVAL, meaning
* that the maximum timer range is 32bit. Shame on them.
*
* Note that TVAL is signed, thus has only 31 of its
* 32 bits to express magnitude.
*/
MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CPU_MODEL(ARM_CPU_IMP_APM,
APM_CPU_PART_POTENZA)),
@ -813,8 +816,8 @@ static u64 __arch_timer_check_delta(void)
};
if (is_midr_in_range_list(read_cpuid_id(), broken_cval_midrs)) {
pr_warn_once("Broken CNTx_CVAL_EL1, limiting width to 32bits");
return CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(32);
pr_warn_once("Broken CNTx_CVAL_EL1, using 31 bit TVAL instead.\n");
return CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(31);
}
#endif
return CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(arch_counter_get_width());