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Currently, the aspeed MATCH1 register is updated to <current_count - cycles> in set_next_event handler, with the assumption that COUNT register value is preserved when the timer is disabled and it continues decrementing after the timer is enabled. But the assumption is wrong: RELOAD register is loaded into COUNT register when the aspeed timer is enabled, which means the next event may be delayed because timer interrupt won't be generated until <0xFFFFFFFF - current_count + cycles>. The problem can be fixed by updating RELOAD register to <cycles>, and COUNT register will be re-loaded when the timer is enabled and interrupt is generated when COUNT register overflows. The test result on Facebook Backpack-CMM BMC hardware (AST2500) shows the issue is fixed: without the patch, usleep(100) suspends the process for several milliseconds (and sometimes even over 40 milliseconds); after applying the fix, usleep(100) takes averagely 240 microseconds to return under the same workload level. Signed-off-by: Tao Ren <taoren@fb.com> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Tested-by: Lei YU <mine260309@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.