From: Donghoon Yu <hoony.yu@samsung.com>

On Arm64 platforms the Exynos MCT driver can be built as a module. On
boot (and even after boot) the arch_timer is used as the clocksource and
tick timer. Once the MCT driver is loaded, it can be used as the wakeup
source for the arch_timer.

Signed-off-by: Donghoon Yu <hoony.yu@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Youngmin Nam <youngmin.nam@samsung.com>
[original commit from https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/gs/+/8a52a8288ec7d88ff78f0b37480dbb0e9c65bbfd]
Reviewed-by: Youngmin Nam <youngmin.nam@samsung.com>
Tested-by: Youngmin Nam <youngmin.nam@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Will McVicker <willmcvicker@google.com>
---
 drivers/clocksource/Kconfig      |  3 +-
 drivers/clocksource/exynos_mct.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
index 645f517a1ac2..d657c8ddc96b 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/Kconfig
@@ -451,7 +451,8 @@ config ATMEL_TCB_CLKSRC
 	  Support for Timer Counter Blocks on Atmel SoCs.
 
 config CLKSRC_EXYNOS_MCT
-	bool "Exynos multi core timer driver" if COMPILE_TEST
+	tristate "Exynos multi core timer driver" if ARM64
+	default y if ARCH_EXYNOS || COMPILE_TEST
 	depends on ARM || ARM64
 	depends on ARCH_ARTPEC || ARCH_EXYNOS || COMPILE_TEST
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/exynos_mct.c b/drivers/clocksource/exynos_mct.c
index 62febeb4e1de..5075ebe052a7 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/exynos_mct.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/exynos_mct.c
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_irq.h>
 #include <linux/of_address.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/clocksource.h>
 #include <linux/sched_clock.h>
 
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ static struct clocksource mct_frc = {
 	.mask		= CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(32),
 	.flags		= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
 	.resume		= exynos4_frc_resume,
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -241,7 +244,7 @@ static cycles_t exynos4_read_current_timer(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-static int __init exynos4_clocksource_init(bool frc_shared)
+static int exynos4_clocksource_init(bool frc_shared)
 {
 	/*
 	 * When the frc is shared, the main processor should have already
@@ -336,6 +339,7 @@ static struct clock_event_device mct_comp_device = {
 	.set_state_oneshot	= mct_set_state_shutdown,
 	.set_state_oneshot_stopped = mct_set_state_shutdown,
 	.tick_resume		= mct_set_state_shutdown,
+	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
 static irqreturn_t exynos4_mct_comp_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
@@ -476,6 +480,7 @@ static int exynos4_mct_starting_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 	evt->features = CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_PERIODIC | CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT |
 			CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_PERCPU;
 	evt->rating = MCT_CLKEVENTS_RATING;
+	evt->owner = THIS_MODULE;
 
 	exynos4_mct_write(TICK_BASE_CNT, mevt->base + MCT_L_TCNTB_OFFSET);
 
@@ -511,7 +516,7 @@ static int exynos4_mct_dying_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init exynos4_timer_resources(struct device_node *np)
+static int exynos4_timer_resources(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	struct clk *mct_clk, *tick_clk;
 
@@ -539,7 +544,7 @@ static int __init exynos4_timer_resources(struct device_node *np)
  * @local_idx: array mapping CPU numbers to local timer indices
  * @nr_local: size of @local_idx array
  */
-static int __init exynos4_timer_interrupts(struct device_node *np,
+static int exynos4_timer_interrupts(struct device_node *np,
 					   unsigned int int_type,
 					   const u32 *local_idx,
 					   size_t nr_local)
@@ -652,7 +657,7 @@ static int __init exynos4_timer_interrupts(struct device_node *np,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int __init mct_init_dt(struct device_node *np, unsigned int int_type)
+static int mct_init_dt(struct device_node *np, unsigned int int_type)
 {
 	bool frc_shared = of_property_read_bool(np, "samsung,frc-shared");
 	u32 local_idx[MCT_NR_LOCAL] = {0};
@@ -700,15 +705,43 @@ static int __init mct_init_dt(struct device_node *np, unsigned int int_type)
 	return exynos4_clockevent_init();
 }
 
-
-static int __init mct_init_spi(struct device_node *np)
+static int mct_init_spi(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	return mct_init_dt(np, MCT_INT_SPI);
 }
 
-static int __init mct_init_ppi(struct device_node *np)
+static int mct_init_ppi(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	return mct_init_dt(np, MCT_INT_PPI);
 }
-TIMER_OF_DECLARE(exynos4210, "samsung,exynos4210-mct", mct_init_spi);
-TIMER_OF_DECLARE(exynos4412, "samsung,exynos4412-mct", mct_init_ppi);
+
+static int exynos4_mct_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+	int (*mct_init)(struct device_node *np);
+
+	mct_init = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
+	if (!mct_init)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return mct_init(dev->of_node);
+}
+
+static const struct of_device_id exynos4_mct_match_table[] = {
+	{ .compatible = "samsung,exynos4210-mct", .data = &mct_init_spi, },
+	{ .compatible = "samsung,exynos4412-mct", .data = &mct_init_ppi, },
+	{}
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, exynos4_mct_match_table);
+
+static struct platform_driver exynos4_mct_driver = {
+	.probe		= exynos4_mct_probe,
+	.driver		= {
+		.name	= "exynos-mct",
+		.of_match_table = exynos4_mct_match_table,
+	},
+};
+module_platform_driver(exynos4_mct_driver);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Exynos Multi Core Timer Driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-- 
2.50.0.rc2.761.g2dc52ea45b-goog

Hi Will,

kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:

[auto build test WARNING on tip/timers/core]
[also build test WARNING on arm64/for-next/core robh/for-next linus/master v6.16-rc2 next-20250619]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Will-McVicker/of-irq-Export-of_irq_count-for-modules/20250619-051424
base:   tip/timers/core
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250618210851.661527-6-willmcvicker%40google.com
patch subject: [PATCH 5/6] clocksource/drivers/exynos_mct: Add module support
config: arm-multi_v7_defconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250620/202506200445.1vdWU11a-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 15.1.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250620/202506200445.1vdWU11a-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202506200445.1vdWU11a-lkp@intel.com/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>, old ones prefixed by <<):

>> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: mct_init_dt+0x164 (section: .text) -> register_current_timer_delay (section: .init.text)
>> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: mct_init_dt+0x178 (section: .text) -> sched_clock_register (section: .init.text)
WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: mct_init_dt+0x20c (section: .text) -> register_current_timer_delay (section: .init.text)
WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: mct_init_dt+0x220 (section: .text) -> sched_clock_register (section: .init.text)

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