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author | Alex Smith <alex.smith@imgtec.com> | 2015-10-21 08:57:44 (GMT) |
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committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2015-11-11 07:36:41 (GMT) |
commit | a7f4df4e21dd8a8dab96e88acd2c9c5017b83fc6 (patch) | |
tree | 36c00d0b92be2e2a39da15839f4bfe09be72b572 /arch/mips/kernel/csrc-r4k.c | |
parent | c0a9f72c156baf1e88c33c6ba4450647af1b8804 (diff) | |
download | linux-a7f4df4e21dd8a8dab96e88acd2c9c5017b83fc6.tar.xz |
MIPS: VDSO: Add implementations of gettimeofday() and clock_gettime()
Add user-mode implementations of gettimeofday() and clock_gettime() to
the VDSO. This is currently usable with 2 clocksources: the CP0 count
register, which is accessible to user-mode via RDHWR on R2 and later
cores, or the MIPS Global Interrupt Controller (GIC) timer, which
provides a "user-mode visible" section containing a mirror of its
counter registers. This section must be mapped into user memory, which
is done below the VDSO data page.
When a supported clocksource is not in use, the VDSO functions will
return -ENOSYS, which causes libc to fall back on the standard syscall
path.
When support for neither of these clocksources is compiled into the
kernel at all, the VDSO still provides clock_gettime(), as the coarse
realtime/monotonic clocks can still be implemented. However,
gettimeofday() is not provided in this case as nothing can be done
without a suitable clocksource. This causes the symbol lookup to fail
in libc and it will then always use the standard syscall path.
This patch includes a workaround for a bug in QEMU which results in
RDHWR on the CP0 count register always returning a constant (incorrect)
value. A fix for this has been submitted, and the workaround can be
removed after the fix has been in stable releases for a reasonable
amount of time.
A simple performance test which calls gettimeofday() 1000 times in a
loop and calculates the average execution time gives the following
results on a Malta + I6400 (running at 20MHz):
- Syscall: ~31000 ns
- VDSO (GIC): ~15000 ns
- VDSO (CP0): ~9500 ns
[markos.chandras@imgtec.com:
- Minor code re-arrangements in order for mappings to be made
in the order they appear to the process' address space.
- Move do_{monotonic, realtime} outside of the MIPS_CLOCK_VSYSCALL ifdef
- Use gic_get_usm_range so we can do the GIC mapping in the
arch/mips/kernel/vdso instead of the GIC irqchip driver]
Signed-off-by: Alex Smith <alex.smith@imgtec.com>
Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@imgtec.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/11338/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/mips/kernel/csrc-r4k.c')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/mips/kernel/csrc-r4k.c | 44 |
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/csrc-r4k.c b/arch/mips/kernel/csrc-r4k.c index e5ed7ad..1f91056 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/csrc-r4k.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/csrc-r4k.c @@ -28,6 +28,43 @@ static u64 notrace r4k_read_sched_clock(void) return read_c0_count(); } +static inline unsigned int rdhwr_count(void) +{ + unsigned int count; + + __asm__ __volatile__( + " .set push\n" + " .set mips32r2\n" + " rdhwr %0, $2\n" + " .set pop\n" + : "=r" (count)); + + return count; +} + +static bool rdhwr_count_usable(void) +{ + unsigned int prev, curr, i; + + /* + * Older QEMUs have a broken implementation of RDHWR for the CP0 count + * which always returns a constant value. Try to identify this and don't + * use it in the VDSO if it is broken. This workaround can be removed + * once the fix has been in QEMU stable for a reasonable amount of time. + */ + for (i = 0, prev = rdhwr_count(); i < 100; i++) { + curr = rdhwr_count(); + + if (curr != prev) + return true; + + prev = curr; + } + + pr_warn("Not using R4K clocksource in VDSO due to broken RDHWR\n"); + return false; +} + int __init init_r4k_clocksource(void) { if (!cpu_has_counter || !mips_hpt_frequency) @@ -36,6 +73,13 @@ int __init init_r4k_clocksource(void) /* Calculate a somewhat reasonable rating value */ clocksource_mips.rating = 200 + mips_hpt_frequency / 10000000; + /* + * R2 onwards makes the count accessible to user mode so it can be used + * by the VDSO (HWREna is configured by configure_hwrena()). + */ + if (cpu_has_mips_r2_r6 && rdhwr_count_usable()) + clocksource_mips.archdata.vdso_clock_mode = VDSO_CLOCK_R4K; + clocksource_register_hz(&clocksource_mips, mips_hpt_frequency); sched_clock_register(r4k_read_sched_clock, 32, mips_hpt_frequency); |