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[Backport v3.7-branch] driver: timer: npcx: fix timer accuracy issue #88989

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driver: timer: npcx: fix possible vulnerabilities
ChiHuaL Dec 11, 2024
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driver: timer: npcx: bypass timer counter reading issue
ChiHuaL Dec 11, 2024
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42 changes: 24 additions & 18 deletions drivers/timer/npcx_itim_timer.c
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Expand Up @@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ static inline void npcx_itim_evt_disable(void)
/* ITIM local functions */
static int npcx_itim_start_evt_tmr_by_tick(int32_t ticks)
{
k_spinlock_key_t key = k_spin_lock(&lock);

/*
* Get desired cycles of event timer from the requested ticks which
* round up to next tick boundary.
Expand All @@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ static int npcx_itim_start_evt_tmr_by_tick(int32_t ticks)
} else {
uint64_t next_cycs;
uint64_t curr = npcx_itim_get_sys_cyc64();
uint32_t dcycles;
uint64_t dcycles;

if (ticks <= 0) {
ticks = 1;
Expand All @@ -162,11 +160,13 @@ static int npcx_itim_start_evt_tmr_by_tick(int32_t ticks)
if (unlikely(next_cycs <= curr)) {
cyc_evt_timeout = 1;
} else {
uint32_t dticks;

dcycles = next_cycs - curr;
cyc_evt_timeout =
CLAMP((dcycles / SYS_CYC_PER_EVT_CYC), 1, NPCX_ITIM32_MAX_CNT);
dticks = DIV_ROUND_UP(dcycles * EVT_CYCLES_PER_SEC,
sys_clock_hw_cycles_per_sec());
cyc_evt_timeout = CLAMP(dticks, 1, NPCX_ITIM32_MAX_CNT);
}

}
LOG_DBG("ticks %x, cyc_evt_timeout %x", ticks, cyc_evt_timeout);

Expand All @@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ static int npcx_itim_start_evt_tmr_by_tick(int32_t ticks)
/* Upload counter of event timer */
evt_tmr->ITCNT32 = MAX(cyc_evt_timeout - 1, 1);

k_spin_unlock(&lock, key);
/* Enable event timer and start ticking */
return npcx_itim_evt_enable();
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -218,14 +217,18 @@ static inline uint32_t npcx_itim_get_evt_cyc32(void)
{
uint32_t cnt1, cnt2;

cnt1 = evt_tmr->ITCNT32;
/*
* Wait for two consecutive equal values are read since the source clock
* of event timer is 32KHz.
*/
while ((cnt2 = evt_tmr->ITCNT32) != cnt1)
cnt1 = cnt2;

__asm__ volatile(
"ldr %[c2], [%[tmr], %[itcnt32_off]]\n\t"
".read_itim_cnt_loop_%=:\n\t"
"mov %[c1], %[c2]\n\t"
"ldr %[c2], [%[tmr], %[itcnt32_off]]\n\t"
"nop\n\t"
"nop\n\t"
"cmp %[c1], %[c2]\n\t"
"bne .read_itim_cnt_loop_%=\n\t"
: [c1] "=&r"(cnt1), [c2] "=&r"(cnt2)
: [tmr] "r"(evt_tmr), [itcnt32_off] "i"(offsetof(struct itim32_reg, ITCNT32))
: "memory");
/* Return current value of 32-bit counter of event timer */
return cnt2;
}
Expand All @@ -234,13 +237,13 @@ static uint32_t npcx_itim_evt_elapsed_cyc32(void)
{
uint32_t cnt1 = npcx_itim_get_evt_cyc32();
uint8_t sys_cts = evt_tmr->ITCTS32;
uint16_t cnt2 = npcx_itim_get_evt_cyc32();
uint32_t cnt2 = npcx_itim_get_evt_cyc32();

/* Event has been triggered but timer ISR doesn't handle it */
if (IS_BIT_SET(sys_cts, NPCX_ITCTSXX_TO_STS) || (cnt2 > cnt1)) {
cnt2 = cyc_evt_timeout;
} else {
cnt2 = cyc_evt_timeout - cnt2;
cnt2 = cyc_evt_timeout - cnt2 - 1;
}

/* Return elapsed cycles of 32-bit counter of event timer */
Expand All @@ -260,7 +263,10 @@ void sys_clock_set_timeout(int32_t ticks, bool idle)

LOG_DBG("timeout is %d", ticks);
/* Start a event timer in ticks */

k_spinlock_key_t key = k_spin_lock(&lock);
npcx_itim_start_evt_tmr_by_tick(ticks);
k_spin_unlock(&lock, key);
}

uint32_t sys_clock_elapsed(void)
Expand All @@ -272,7 +278,7 @@ uint32_t sys_clock_elapsed(void)

k_spinlock_key_t key = k_spin_lock(&lock);
uint64_t delta_cycle = npcx_itim_get_sys_cyc64() - cyc_sys_announced;
uint32_t delta_ticks = (uint32_t)delta_cycle / SYS_CYCLES_PER_TICK;
uint32_t delta_ticks = (uint32_t)(delta_cycle / SYS_CYCLES_PER_TICK);

last_elapsed = delta_ticks;
k_spin_unlock(&lock, key);
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