genode/repos/base-hw/src/core/spec/cortex_a9/timer.cc
Martin Stein 889db34cc3 hw cortex_a9: fix bug in kernel timer
A bug in the timer-ticks-to-microseconds translation of the kernel timer
caused the user time to periodically get stuck for about 32 milliseconds
and then jump forward to the normal level again.

Ref #2400
2017-06-29 11:59:54 +02:00

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/*
* \brief Timer implementation specific to Cortex A9
* \author Stefan Kalkowski
* \author Martin Stein
* \date 2016-01-07
*/
/*
* Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Genode Labs GmbH
*
* This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
* under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
*/
/* core includes */
#include <kernel/timer.h>
#include <platform.h>
using namespace Genode;
using namespace Kernel;
Timer_driver::Timer_driver(unsigned)
: Mmio(Platform::mmio_to_virt(Board::Cpu_mmio::PRIVATE_TIMER_MMIO_BASE))
{
write<Control::Timer_enable>(0);
}
void Timer::_start_one_shot(time_t const ticks)
{
enum { PRESCALER = Board::CORTEX_A9_PRIVATE_TIMER_DIV - 1 };
/* reset timer */
_driver.write<Driver::Interrupt_status::Event>(1);
Driver::Control::access_t control = 0;
Driver::Control::Irq_enable::set(control, 1);
Driver::Control::Prescaler::set(control, PRESCALER);
_driver.write<Driver::Control>(control);
/* load timer and start decrementing */
_driver.write<Driver::Load>(ticks);
_driver.write<Driver::Control::Timer_enable>(1);
}
time_t Timer::_ticks_to_us(time_t const ticks) const
{
/*
* If we would do the translation with one division and
* multiplication over the whole argument, we would loose
* microseconds granularity although the timer frequency would
* allow for such granularity. Thus, we treat the most significant
* half and the least significant half of the argument separate.
* Each half is shifted to the best bit position for the
* translation, then translated, and then shifted back.
*/
static_assert(Driver::TICS_PER_MS >= 1000, "Bad TICS_PER_MS value");
enum {
HALF_WIDTH = (sizeof(time_t) << 2),
MSB_MASK = ~0UL << HALF_WIDTH,
LSB_MASK = ~0UL >> HALF_WIDTH,
MSB_RSHIFT = 10,
LSB_LSHIFT = HALF_WIDTH - MSB_RSHIFT,
};
time_t const msb = ((((ticks & MSB_MASK) >> MSB_RSHIFT)
* 1000) / Driver::TICS_PER_MS) << MSB_RSHIFT;
time_t const lsb = ((((ticks & LSB_MASK) << LSB_LSHIFT)
* 1000) / Driver::TICS_PER_MS) >> LSB_LSHIFT;
return msb + lsb;
}
unsigned Timer::interrupt_id() const {
return Board::Cpu_mmio::PRIVATE_TIMER_IRQ; }
time_t Timer::us_to_ticks(time_t const us) const {
return (us / 1000) * Driver::TICS_PER_MS; }
time_t Timer::_value() {
return _driver.read<Driver::Counter>(); }
time_t Timer::_max_value() const {
return (Driver::Load::access_t)~0; }