If CONFIG_HPET=y is enabled the x86 specific HPET code should reserve at least one channel for the /dev/hpet character device, so that not all channels are absorbed for per CPU clockevent devices.
Create a function to assign HPET_MODE_DEVICE so the rework of the clockevents allocation code can utilize the mode information instead of reducing the number of evaluated channels by #ifdef hackery. The function is not yet used, but provided as a separate patch for ease of review. It will be used when the rework of the clockevent selection takes place. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c @@ -228,8 +228,25 @@ static void __init hpet_reserve_platform hpet_alloc(&hd); } + +static void __init hpet_select_device_channel(void) +{ + int i; + + for (i = 0; i < hpet_base.nr_channels; i++) { + struct hpet_channel *hc = hpet_base.channels + i; + + /* Associate the first unused channel to /dev/hpet */ + if (hc->mode == HPET_MODE_UNUSED) { + hc->mode = HPET_MODE_DEVICE; + return; + } + } +} + #else static inline void hpet_reserve_platform_timers(void) { } +static inline void hpet_select_device_channel(void) {} #endif /* Common HPET functions */
