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authorNathan Lynch <nathan_lynch@mentor.com>2015-03-25 18:16:05 (GMT)
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2015-03-27 22:20:45 (GMT)
commite5b61deb3af465f11db7e5e11944ba00a33ece1f (patch)
tree9a33472595fbd61a56618226340db1d9b53476f8 /arch/arm
parentecf99a439105ebd0a507af1a9cd901a2e166bf9a (diff)
downloadlinux-e5b61deb3af465f11db7e5e11944ba00a33ece1f.tar.xz
ARM: 8332/1: add CONFIG_VDSO Kconfig and Makefile bits
Allow users to enable the vdso in Kconfig; include the vdso in the build if CONFIG_VDSO is enabled. Add 'vdso_install' target. Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <nathan_lynch@mentor.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/Makefile8
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/mm/Kconfig14
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index 7f99cd6..6c13a84b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ core-$(CONFIG_FPE_FASTFPE) += $(FASTFPE_OBJ)
core-$(CONFIG_VFP) += arch/arm/vfp/
core-$(CONFIG_XEN) += arch/arm/xen/
core-$(CONFIG_KVM_ARM_HOST) += arch/arm/kvm/
+core-$(CONFIG_VDSO) += arch/arm/vdso/
# If we have a machine-specific directory, then include it in the build.
core-y += arch/arm/kernel/ arch/arm/mm/ arch/arm/common/
@@ -320,6 +321,12 @@ dtbs: prepare scripts
dtbs_install:
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(dtbinst)=$(boot)/dts
+PHONY += vdso_install
+vdso_install:
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_VDSO),y)
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/arm/vdso $@
+endif
+
# We use MRPROPER_FILES and CLEAN_FILES now
archclean:
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(boot)
@@ -344,4 +351,5 @@ define archhelp
echo ' Install using (your) ~/bin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
echo ' (distribution) /sbin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
echo ' install to $$(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo'
+ echo ' vdso_install - Install unstripped vdso.so to $$(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/vdso'
endef
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
index 902397d..3e316ca 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS) += perf_event.o perf_event_cpu.o
CFLAGS_pj4-cp0.o := -marm
AFLAGS_iwmmxt.o := -Wa,-mcpu=iwmmxt
obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_CPU_TOPOLOGY) += topology.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VDSO) += vdso.o
ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_EBSA110),y)
obj-y += io.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index 9b4f29e..8a5f1e6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -825,6 +825,20 @@ config KUSER_HELPERS
Say N here only if you are absolutely certain that you do not
need these helpers; otherwise, the safe option is to say Y.
+config VDSO
+ bool "Enable VDSO for acceleration of some system calls"
+ depends on AEABI && MMU
+ default y if ARM_ARCH_TIMER
+ select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
+ help
+ Place in the process address space an ELF shared object
+ providing fast implementations of gettimeofday and
+ clock_gettime. Systems that implement the ARM architected
+ timer will receive maximum benefit.
+
+ You must have glibc 2.22 or later for programs to seamlessly
+ take advantage of this.
+
config DMA_CACHE_RWFO
bool "Enable read/write for ownership DMA cache maintenance"
depends on CPU_V6K && SMP