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authorJoey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>2022-08-30 11:48:33 +0100
committerCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>2022-09-09 12:27:25 +0100
commit9025cebf12d1763de36d5e09e2b0a1e4f9b13b28 (patch)
treea09684f0d2d76fce16058feab394db7fcca90453 /arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso
parent4e3bca8f7cdd3b658ee7ad700fdce95b5e13a441 (diff)
arm64: vdso: use SYS_CNTVCTSS_EL0 for gettimeofday
If FEAT_ECV is implemented, the self-synchronized counter CNTVCTSS_EL0 can be used, removing the need for an ISB. Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220830104833.34636-4-joey.gouly@arm.com Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h19
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h
index 4f7a629df81f..764d13e2916c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+#include <asm/alternative.h>
#include <asm/barrier.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
+#include <asm/sysreg.h>
#define VDSO_HAS_CLOCK_GETRES 1
@@ -78,11 +80,20 @@ static __always_inline u64 __arch_get_hw_counter(s32 clock_mode,
return 0;
/*
- * This isb() is required to prevent that the counter value
+ * If FEAT_ECV is available, use the self-synchronizing counter.
+ * Otherwise the isb is required to prevent that the counter value
* is speculated.
- */
- isb();
- asm volatile("mrs %0, cntvct_el0" : "=r" (res) :: "memory");
+ */
+ asm volatile(
+ ALTERNATIVE("isb\n"
+ "mrs %0, cntvct_el0",
+ "nop\n"
+ __mrs_s("%0", SYS_CNTVCTSS_EL0),
+ ARM64_HAS_ECV)
+ : "=r" (res)
+ :
+ : "memory");
+
arch_counter_enforce_ordering(res);
return res;