Re: [PATCH v21 11/13] acpi/arm64: Add memory-mapped timer support in GTDT driver

From: Fu Wei
Date: Mon Mar 20 2017 - 09:39:45 EST


Hi Mark,

On 18 March 2017 at 03:40, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Feb 07, 2017 at 02:50:13AM +0800, fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> +static int __init gtdt_parse_timer_block(struct acpi_gtdt_timer_block *block,
>> + struct arch_timer_mem *data)
>
> Please s/data/timer_mem/ here, to match the rest of the timer code.
>
>> +{
>> + int i, j;
>> + struct acpi_gtdt_timer_entry *frame;
>
> So as to make it clear what this is, and to make things a litlte simpler
> below, please s/frame/gtdt_frame/ here.
>
>> +
>> + if (!block->timer_count) {
>> + pr_err(FW_BUG "GT block present, but frame count is zero.");
>> + return -ENODEV;
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (block->timer_count > ARCH_TIMER_MEM_MAX_FRAMES) {
>> + pr_err(FW_BUG "GT block lists %d frames, ACPI spec only allows 8\n",
>> + block->timer_count);
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + }
>> +
>> + data->cntctlbase = (phys_addr_t)block->block_address;
>> + /*
>> + * According to "Table * CNTCTLBase memory map" of
>> + * <ARM Architecture Reference Manual> for ARMv8,
>> + * The size of the CNTCTLBase frame is 4KB(Offset 0x000 â 0xFFC).
>> + */
>
> As a general thing, please cite the version of the ARM ARM you're
> referring to, as over time the internal numbering (and the headings)
> change.
>
> e.g.
> /*
> * The CNTCTLBase frame is 4KB (register offsets 0x000 - 0xFFC).
> * See ARM DDI 0487A.k_iss10775, page I1-5129, Table I1-3
> * "CNTCTLBase memory map".
> */
>
>> + data->size = SZ_4K;
>> +
>> + frame = (void *)block + block->timer_offset;
>> + if (frame + block->timer_count != (void *)block + block->header.length)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * Get the GT timer Frame data for every GT Block Timer
>> + */
>> + for (i = 0, j = 0; i < block->timer_count; i++, frame++) {
>
> With the gtdt_frame rename as above, here we can do:
>
> struct arch_timer_mem_frame *frame = &timer_mem->frame[j];
>
>> + if (frame->common_flags & ACPI_GTDT_GT_IS_SECURE_TIMER)
>> + continue;
>> +
>> + if (!frame->base_address || !frame->timer_interrupt)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> + data->frame[j].phys_irq = map_gt_gsi(frame->timer_interrupt,
>> + frame->timer_flags);
>
> ... allowing us to simplify lines like this.

Thanks, will follow all the suggestion above.
:-)

>
> Thanks,
> Mark.



--
Best regards,

Fu Wei
Software Engineer
Red Hat