Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull timer fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A small set of fixes from the timer departement:

   - Add a missing timer wheel clock forward when migrating timers off a
     unplugged CPU to prevent operating on a stale clock base and
     missing timer deadlines.

   - Use the proper shift count to extract data from a register value to
     prevent evaluating unrelated bits

   - Make the error return check in the FSL timer driver work correctly.
     Checking an unsigned variable for less than zero does not really
     work well.

   - Clarify the confusing comments in the ARC timer code"

* 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  timers: Forward timer base before migrating timers
  clocksource/drivers/arc_timer: Update some comments
  clocksource/drivers/mips-gic-timer: Use correct shift count to extract data
  clocksource/drivers/fsl_ftm_timer: Fix error return checking

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c
index 4927355f9cbe..471b428d8034 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c
@@ -251,9 +251,14 @@ static irqreturn_t timer_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	int irq_reenable = clockevent_state_periodic(evt);
 
 	/*
-	 * Any write to CTRL reg ACks the interrupt, we rewrite the
-	 * Count when [N]ot [H]alted bit.
-	 * And re-arm it if perioid by [I]nterrupt [E]nable bit
+	 * 1. ACK the interrupt
+	 *    - For ARC700, any write to CTRL reg ACKs it, so just rewrite
+	 *      Count when [N]ot [H]alted bit.
+	 *    - For HS3x, it is a bit subtle. On taken count-down interrupt,
+	 *      IP bit [3] is set, which needs to be cleared for ACK'ing.
+	 *      The write below can only update the other two bits, hence
+	 *      explicitly clears IP bit
+	 * 2. Re-arm interrupt if periodic by writing to IE bit [0]
 	 */
 	write_aux_reg(ARC_REG_TIMER0_CTRL, irq_reenable | TIMER_CTRL_NH);