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Commit e7d65e40 authored by Walter Chang's avatar Walter Chang Committed by Daniel Lezcano
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clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Disable timer before programming CVAL



Due to the fact that the use of `writeq_relaxed()` to program CVAL is
not guaranteed to be atomic, it is necessary to disable the timer before
programming CVAL.

However, if the MMIO timer is already enabled and has not yet expired,
there is a possibility of unexpected behavior occurring: when the CPU
enters the idle state during this period, and if the CPU's local event
is earlier than the broadcast event, the following process occurs:

tick_broadcast_enter()
  tick_broadcast_oneshot_control(TICK_BROADCAST_ENTER)
    __tick_broadcast_oneshot_control()
      ___tick_broadcast_oneshot_control()
        tick_broadcast_set_event()
          clockevents_program_event()
            set_next_event_mem()

During this process, the MMIO timer remains enabled while programming
CVAL. To prevent such behavior, disable timer explicitly prior to
programming CVAL.

Fixes: 8b82c4f8 ("clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Move MMIO timer programming over to CVAL")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: default avatarWalter Chang <walter.chang@mediatek.com>
Acked-by: default avatarMarc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarAngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230717090735.19370-1-walter.chang@mediatek.com
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