clocksource: exynos_mct: Only use 32-bits where possible
The MCT has a nice 64-bit counter. That means that we _can_ register as a 64-bit clocksource and sched_clock. ...but that doesn't mean we should. The 64-bit counter is read by reading two 32-bit registers. That means reading needs to be something like: - Read upper half - Read lower half - Read upper half and confirm that it hasn't changed. That wouldn't be terrible, but: - THe MCT isn't very fast to access (hundreds of nanoseconds). - The clocksource is queried _all the time_. In total system profiles of real workloads on ChromeOS, we've seen exynos_frc_read() taking 2% or more of CPU time even after optimizing the 3 reads above to 2 (see below). The MCT is clocked at ~24MHz on all known systems. That means that the 32-bit half of the counter rolls over every ~178 seconds. This inspired an optimization in ChromeOS to cache the upper half between calls, moving 3 reads to 2. ...but we can do better! Having a 32-bit timer that flips every 1...
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