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[PATCH] hpet-RTC: cache the comparator register
authorClemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:03:36 +0000 (15:03 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Mon, 31 Oct 2005 01:37:30 +0000 (17:37 -0800)
Reads from an HPET register require a round trip to the south bridge and are
almost as slow as PCI reads.  By caching the last value we've written to the
comparator register, we can eliminate all HPET reads from the fast path in the
emulated RTC interrupt handler.

Signed-off-by: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Acked-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/i386/kernel/time_hpet.c
arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c

index cb1f313858e300d593853c64f72db2770d25eac2..9caeaa315cd7c00157ba7621a8c2082e116cfa68 100644 (file)
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ static unsigned long PIE_freq = DEFAULT_RTC_INT_FREQ;
 static unsigned long PIE_count;
 
 static unsigned long hpet_rtc_int_freq; /* RTC interrupt frequency */
+static unsigned int hpet_t1_cmp; /* cached comparator register */
 
 /*
  * Timer 1 for RTC, we do not use periodic interrupt feature,
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ int hpet_rtc_timer_init(void)
        cnt = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
        cnt += ((hpet_tick*HZ)/hpet_rtc_int_freq);
        hpet_writel(cnt, HPET_T1_CMP);
+       hpet_t1_cmp = cnt;
        local_irq_restore(flags);
 
        cfg = hpet_readl(HPET_T1_CFG);
@@ -333,9 +335,10 @@ static void hpet_rtc_timer_reinit(void)
                hpet_rtc_int_freq = DEFAULT_RTC_INT_FREQ;
 
        /* It is more accurate to use the comparator value than current count.*/
-       cnt = hpet_readl(HPET_T1_CMP);
+       cnt = hpet_t1_cmp;
        cnt += hpet_tick*HZ/hpet_rtc_int_freq;
        hpet_writel(cnt, HPET_T1_CMP);
+       hpet_t1_cmp = cnt;
 }
 
 /*
index 35a896ef4c352671caec6878c7d980761015b761..fdaddc4e52847a1f0fea0c50ff960aadcc9caf60 100644 (file)
@@ -1089,6 +1089,7 @@ static unsigned long PIE_freq = DEFAULT_RTC_INT_FREQ;
 static unsigned long PIE_count;
 
 static unsigned long hpet_rtc_int_freq; /* RTC interrupt frequency */
+static unsigned int hpet_t1_cmp; /* cached comparator register */
 
 int is_hpet_enabled(void)
 {
@@ -1125,6 +1126,7 @@ int hpet_rtc_timer_init(void)
        cnt = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
        cnt += ((hpet_tick*HZ)/hpet_rtc_int_freq);
        hpet_writel(cnt, HPET_T1_CMP);
+       hpet_t1_cmp = cnt;
        local_irq_restore(flags);
 
        cfg = hpet_readl(HPET_T1_CFG);
@@ -1152,9 +1154,10 @@ static void hpet_rtc_timer_reinit(void)
                hpet_rtc_int_freq = DEFAULT_RTC_INT_FREQ;
 
        /* It is more accurate to use the comparator value than current count.*/
-       cnt = hpet_readl(HPET_T1_CMP);
+       cnt = hpet_t1_cmp;
        cnt += hpet_tick*HZ/hpet_rtc_int_freq;
        hpet_writel(cnt, HPET_T1_CMP);
+       hpet_t1_cmp = cnt;
 }
 
 /*