[PATCH] hpet rtc emulation: add watchdog timer
authorClemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:32:17 +0000 (23:32 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:48:54 +0000 (08:48 -0700)
To prevent the emulated RTC timer from stopping when interrupts are delayed
for too long, disable interrupts around all of the register initialization,
and check that the interrupt handler did not schedule the next interrupt in
the past.

Signed-off-by: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Cc: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
Cc: Robert Picco <Robert.Picco@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/i386/kernel/time_hpet.c
arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c

index 14a1376fedd1423710f64893ec5e6894a26507ff..6bf14a4e995ec86af8dcc312e7ed52320658d5f2 100644 (file)
@@ -301,23 +301,25 @@ int hpet_rtc_timer_init(void)
                hpet_rtc_int_freq = DEFAULT_RTC_INT_FREQ;
 
        local_irq_save(flags);
+
        cnt = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
        cnt += ((hpet_tick*HZ)/hpet_rtc_int_freq);
        hpet_writel(cnt, HPET_T1_CMP);
        hpet_t1_cmp = cnt;
-       local_irq_restore(flags);
 
        cfg = hpet_readl(HPET_T1_CFG);
        cfg &= ~HPET_TN_PERIODIC;
        cfg |= HPET_TN_ENABLE | HPET_TN_32BIT;
        hpet_writel(cfg, HPET_T1_CFG);
 
+       local_irq_restore(flags);
+
        return 1;
 }
 
 static void hpet_rtc_timer_reinit(void)
 {
-       unsigned int cfg, cnt;
+       unsigned int cfg, cnt, ticks_per_int, lost_ints;
 
        if (unlikely(!(PIE_on | AIE_on | UIE_on))) {
                cfg = hpet_readl(HPET_T1_CFG);
@@ -332,10 +334,33 @@ static void hpet_rtc_timer_reinit(void)
                hpet_rtc_int_freq = DEFAULT_RTC_INT_FREQ;
 
        /* It is more accurate to use the comparator value than current count.*/
-       cnt = hpet_t1_cmp;
-       cnt += hpet_tick*HZ/hpet_rtc_int_freq;
-       hpet_writel(cnt, HPET_T1_CMP);
-       hpet_t1_cmp = cnt;
+       ticks_per_int = hpet_tick * HZ / hpet_rtc_int_freq;
+       hpet_t1_cmp += ticks_per_int;
+       hpet_writel(hpet_t1_cmp, HPET_T1_CMP);
+
+       /*
+        * If the interrupt handler was delayed too long, the write above tries
+        * to schedule the next interrupt in the past and the hardware would
+        * not interrupt until the counter had wrapped around.
+        * So we have to check that the comparator wasn't set to a past time.
+        */
+       cnt = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
+       if (unlikely((int)(cnt - hpet_t1_cmp) > 0)) {
+               lost_ints = (cnt - hpet_t1_cmp) / ticks_per_int + 1;
+               /* Make sure that, even with the time needed to execute
+                * this code, the next scheduled interrupt has been moved
+                * back to the future: */
+               lost_ints++;
+
+               hpet_t1_cmp += lost_ints * ticks_per_int;
+               hpet_writel(hpet_t1_cmp, HPET_T1_CMP);
+
+               if (PIE_on)
+                       PIE_count += lost_ints;
+
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "rtc: lost some interrupts at %ldHz.\n",
+                      hpet_rtc_int_freq);
+       }
 }
 
 /*
index 7a9b18224182ced7cd0932b2691249c69f70e4ad..7700e6cd2bd9567e63f26a3447f2a5092a5cbc5c 100644 (file)
@@ -1148,23 +1148,25 @@ int hpet_rtc_timer_init(void)
                hpet_rtc_int_freq = DEFAULT_RTC_INT_FREQ;
 
        local_irq_save(flags);
+
        cnt = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
        cnt += ((hpet_tick*HZ)/hpet_rtc_int_freq);
        hpet_writel(cnt, HPET_T1_CMP);
        hpet_t1_cmp = cnt;
-       local_irq_restore(flags);
 
        cfg = hpet_readl(HPET_T1_CFG);
        cfg &= ~HPET_TN_PERIODIC;
        cfg |= HPET_TN_ENABLE | HPET_TN_32BIT;
        hpet_writel(cfg, HPET_T1_CFG);
 
+       local_irq_restore(flags);
+
        return 1;
 }
 
 static void hpet_rtc_timer_reinit(void)
 {
-       unsigned int cfg, cnt;
+       unsigned int cfg, cnt, ticks_per_int, lost_ints;
 
        if (unlikely(!(PIE_on | AIE_on | UIE_on))) {
                cfg = hpet_readl(HPET_T1_CFG);
@@ -1179,10 +1181,33 @@ static void hpet_rtc_timer_reinit(void)
                hpet_rtc_int_freq = DEFAULT_RTC_INT_FREQ;
 
        /* It is more accurate to use the comparator value than current count.*/
-       cnt = hpet_t1_cmp;
-       cnt += hpet_tick*HZ/hpet_rtc_int_freq;
-       hpet_writel(cnt, HPET_T1_CMP);
-       hpet_t1_cmp = cnt;
+       ticks_per_int = hpet_tick * HZ / hpet_rtc_int_freq;
+       hpet_t1_cmp += ticks_per_int;
+       hpet_writel(hpet_t1_cmp, HPET_T1_CMP);
+
+       /*
+        * If the interrupt handler was delayed too long, the write above tries
+        * to schedule the next interrupt in the past and the hardware would
+        * not interrupt until the counter had wrapped around.
+        * So we have to check that the comparator wasn't set to a past time.
+        */
+       cnt = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
+       if (unlikely((int)(cnt - hpet_t1_cmp) > 0)) {
+               lost_ints = (cnt - hpet_t1_cmp) / ticks_per_int + 1;
+               /* Make sure that, even with the time needed to execute
+                * this code, the next scheduled interrupt has been moved
+                * back to the future: */
+               lost_ints++;
+
+               hpet_t1_cmp += lost_ints * ticks_per_int;
+               hpet_writel(hpet_t1_cmp, HPET_T1_CMP);
+
+               if (PIE_on)
+                       PIE_count += lost_ints;
+
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "rtc: lost some interrupts at %ldHz.\n",
+                      hpet_rtc_int_freq);
+       }
 }
 
 /*