shared/runtime/softtimer: Use consistently the same clock source.

Before, both uwTick and mp_hal_ticks_ms() were used as clock source.  That
assumes, that these two are synchronous and start with the same value,
which may be not the case for all ports.  If the lag between uwTick and
mp_hal_ticks_ms() is larger than the timer interval, the timer would either
rush up until the times are synchronous, or not start until uwTick wraps
over.

As suggested by @dpgeorge, MICROPY_SOFT_TIMER_TICKS_MS is now used in
softtimer.c, which has to be defined in a port's mpconfigport.h with
the variable that holds the SysTick counter.

Note that it's not possible to switch everything in softtimer.c to use
mp_hal_ticks_ms() because the logic in SysTick_Handler that schedules
soft_timer_handler() uses (eg on mimxrt) the uwTick variable directly
(named systick_ms there), and mp_hal_ticks_ms() uses a different source
timer.  Thus it is made fully configurable.

ports/mimxrt/mpconfigport.h

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ uint32_t trng_random_u32(void);
 #define MICROPY_PY_MACHINE_SPI              (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_MACHINE_SOFTSPI          (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_MACHINE_TIMER            (1)
+#define MICROPY_SOFT_TIMER_TICKS_MS         systick_ms
 #define MICROPY_PY_ONEWIRE                  (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UPLATFORM                (1)
 

ports/renesas-ra/mpconfigport.h

@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_PY_MACHINE_SPI_LSB  (SPI_FIRSTBIT_LSB)
 #define MICROPY_PY_MACHINE_SOFTSPI  (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_MACHINE_TIMER    (1)
+#define MICROPY_SOFT_TIMER_TICKS_MS uwTick
 #endif
 #define MICROPY_HW_SOFTSPI_MIN_DELAY (0)
 #define MICROPY_HW_SOFTSPI_MAX_BAUDRATE (48000000 / 48)

ports/samd/mpconfigport.h

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_HW_SOFTSPI_MIN_DELAY        (1)
 #define MICROPY_HW_SOFTSPI_MAX_BAUDRATE     (1000000)
 #define MICROPY_PY_MACHINE_TIMER            (1)
+#define MICROPY_SOFT_TIMER_TICKS_MS         systick_ms
 #define MICROPY_PY_OS_DUPTERM               (3)
 #define MICROPY_PY_MACHINE_BITSTREAM        (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_MACHINE_PULSE            (1)

ports/samd/mphalport.h

@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ uint64_t mp_hal_ticks_us_64(void);
 
 void mp_hal_set_interrupt_char(int c);
 
-// Define an alias fo systick_ms, because the shared softtimer.c uses
-// the symbol uwTick for the systick ms counter.
-#define uwTick systick_ms
-
 #define mp_hal_delay_us_fast  mp_hal_delay_us
 
 static inline uint64_t mp_hal_ticks_ms_64(void) {

ports/stm32/mpconfigport.h

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_PY_MACHINE_SPI_LSB  (SPI_FIRSTBIT_LSB)
 #define MICROPY_PY_MACHINE_SOFTSPI  (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_MACHINE_TIMER    (1)
+#define MICROPY_SOFT_TIMER_TICKS_MS uwTick
 #endif
 #define MICROPY_HW_SOFTSPI_MIN_DELAY (0)
 #define MICROPY_HW_SOFTSPI_MAX_BAUDRATE (HAL_RCC_GetSysClockFreq() / 48)

shared/runtime/softtimer.c

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #define TICKS_PERIOD 0x80000000
 #define TICKS_DIFF(t1, t0) ((int32_t)(((t1 - t0 + TICKS_PERIOD / 2) & (TICKS_PERIOD - 1)) - TICKS_PERIOD / 2))
 
-extern __IO uint32_t uwTick;
+extern __IO uint32_t MICROPY_SOFT_TIMER_TICKS_MS;
 
 volatile uint32_t soft_timer_next;
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ STATIC int soft_timer_lt(mp_pairheap_t *n1, mp_pairheap_t *n2) {
 
 STATIC void soft_timer_schedule_systick(uint32_t ticks_ms) {
     uint32_t irq_state = disable_irq();
-    uint32_t uw_tick = uwTick;
+    uint32_t uw_tick = MICROPY_SOFT_TIMER_TICKS_MS;
     if (TICKS_DIFF(ticks_ms, uw_tick) <= 0) {
         soft_timer_next = uw_tick + 1;
     } else {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void soft_timer_deinit(void) {
 
 // Must be executed at IRQ_PRI_PENDSV
 void soft_timer_handler(void) {
-    uint32_t ticks_ms = uwTick;
+    uint32_t ticks_ms = MICROPY_SOFT_TIMER_TICKS_MS;
     soft_timer_entry_t *heap = soft_timer_heap;
     while (heap != NULL && TICKS_DIFF(heap->expiry_ms, ticks_ms) <= 0) {
         soft_timer_entry_t *entry = heap;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void soft_timer_handler(void) {
     soft_timer_heap = heap;
     if (heap == NULL) {
         // No more timers left, set largest delay possible
-        soft_timer_next = uwTick;
+        soft_timer_next = MICROPY_SOFT_TIMER_TICKS_MS;
     } else {
         // Set soft_timer_next so SysTick calls us back at the correct time
         soft_timer_schedule_systick(heap->expiry_ms);
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void soft_timer_static_init(soft_timer_entry_t *entry, uint16_t mode, uint32_t d
 
 void soft_timer_insert(soft_timer_entry_t *entry, uint32_t initial_delta_ms) {
     mp_pairheap_init_node(soft_timer_lt, &entry->pairheap);
-    entry->expiry_ms = mp_hal_ticks_ms() + initial_delta_ms;
+    entry->expiry_ms = MICROPY_SOFT_TIMER_TICKS_MS + initial_delta_ms;
     uint32_t irq_state = raise_irq_pri(IRQ_PRI_PENDSV);
     soft_timer_heap = (soft_timer_entry_t *)mp_pairheap_push(soft_timer_lt, &soft_timer_heap->pairheap, &entry->pairheap);
     if (entry == soft_timer_heap) {