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Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] x86/APIC: calibrate against platform timer when possible


  • To: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 13:55:56 +0200
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On 04.04.2022 13:46, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 11:29:44AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> +uint64_t __init calibrate_apic_timer(void)
>> +{
>> +    uint32_t start, end;
>> +    uint64_t count = read_pt_and_tmcct(&start), elapsed;
>> +    uint64_t target = CALIBRATE_VALUE(plt_src.frequency), actual;
>> +    uint64_t mask = (uint64_t)~0 >> (64 - plt_src.counter_bits);
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * PIT cannot be used here as it requires the timer interrupt to 
>> maintain
>> +     * its 32-bit software counter, yet here we run with IRQs disabled.
>> +     */
>> +    if ( using_pit )
>> +        return 0;
>> +
>> +    while ( ((plt_src.read_counter() - count) & mask) < target )
>> +        continue;
>> +
>> +    actual = read_pt_and_tmcct(&end) - count;
> 
> Don't you need to apply the pt mask here?

Oh, yes, of course. I guess I did clone an earlier mistake from
calibrate_tsc().

>> +    elapsed = start - end;
>> +
>> +    if ( likely(actual > target) )
>> +    {
>> +        /* See the comment in calibrate_tsc(). */
> 
> I would maybe add that the counters used here might have > 32 bits,
> and hence we need to trim the values for muldiv64 to scale properly.

Sure - I've added "But first scale down values to actually fit
muldiv64()'s input range."

Jan




 


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