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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>
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Alex Smith authored and Ralf Baechle committed Nov 11, 2015
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions arch/mips/Kconfig
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Expand Up @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ config MIPS
select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
select HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
select HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA

menu "Machine selection"

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1040,6 +1042,9 @@ config CSRC_R4K
config CSRC_SB1250
bool

config MIPS_CLOCK_VSYSCALL
def_bool CSRC_R4K || CLKSRC_MIPS_GIC

config GPIO_TXX9
select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
bool
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29 changes: 29 additions & 0 deletions arch/mips/include/asm/clocksource.h
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@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
/*
* Copyright (C) 2015 Imagination Technologies
* Author: Alex Smith <alex.smith@imgtec.com>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
* Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
* option) any later version.
*/

#ifndef __ASM_CLOCKSOURCE_H
#define __ASM_CLOCKSOURCE_H

#include <linux/types.h>

/* VDSO clocksources. */
#define VDSO_CLOCK_NONE 0 /* No suitable clocksource. */
#define VDSO_CLOCK_R4K 1 /* Use the coprocessor 0 count. */
#define VDSO_CLOCK_GIC 2 /* Use the GIC. */

/**
* struct arch_clocksource_data - Architecture-specific clocksource information.
* @vdso_clock_mode: Method the VDSO should use to access the clocksource.
*/
struct arch_clocksource_data {
u8 vdso_clock_mode;
};

#endif /* __ASM_CLOCKSOURCE_H */
68 changes: 67 additions & 1 deletion arch/mips/include/asm/vdso.h
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Expand Up @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@

#include <linux/mm_types.h>

#include <asm/barrier.h>

/**
* struct mips_vdso_image - Details of a VDSO image.
* @data: Pointer to VDSO image data (page-aligned).
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/**
* union mips_vdso_data - Data provided by the kernel for the VDSO.
* @xtime_sec: Current real time (seconds part).
* @xtime_nsec: Current real time (nanoseconds part, shifted).
* @wall_to_mono_sec: Wall-to-monotonic offset (seconds part).
* @wall_to_mono_nsec: Wall-to-monotonic offset (nanoseconds part).
* @seq_count: Counter to synchronise updates (odd = updating).
* @cs_shift: Clocksource shift value.
* @clock_mode: Clocksource to use for time functions.
* @cs_mult: Clocksource multiplier value.
* @cs_cycle_last: Clock cycle value at last update.
* @cs_mask: Clocksource mask value.
* @tz_minuteswest: Minutes west of Greenwich (from timezone).
* @tz_dsttime: Type of DST correction (from timezone).
*
* This structure contains data needed by functions within the VDSO. It is
* populated by the kernel and mapped read-only into user memory.
* populated by the kernel and mapped read-only into user memory. The time
* fields are mirrors of internal data from the timekeeping infrastructure.
*
* Note: Care should be taken when modifying as the layout must remain the same
* for both 64- and 32-bit (for 32-bit userland on 64-bit kernel).
*/
union mips_vdso_data {
struct {
u64 xtime_sec;
u64 xtime_nsec;
u32 wall_to_mono_sec;
u32 wall_to_mono_nsec;
u32 seq_count;
u32 cs_shift;
u8 clock_mode;
u32 cs_mult;
u64 cs_cycle_last;
u64 cs_mask;
s32 tz_minuteswest;
s32 tz_dsttime;
};

u8 page[PAGE_SIZE];
};

static inline u32 vdso_data_read_begin(const union mips_vdso_data *data)
{
u32 seq;

while (true) {
seq = ACCESS_ONCE(data->seq_count);
if (likely(!(seq & 1))) {
/* Paired with smp_wmb() in vdso_data_write_*(). */
smp_rmb();
return seq;
}

cpu_relax();
}
}

static inline bool vdso_data_read_retry(const union mips_vdso_data *data,
u32 start_seq)
{
/* Paired with smp_wmb() in vdso_data_write_*(). */
smp_rmb();
return unlikely(data->seq_count != start_seq);
}

static inline void vdso_data_write_begin(union mips_vdso_data *data)
{
++data->seq_count;

/* Ensure sequence update is written before other data page values. */
smp_wmb();
}

static inline void vdso_data_write_end(union mips_vdso_data *data)
{
/* Ensure data values are written before updating sequence again. */
smp_wmb();
++data->seq_count;
}

#endif /* __ASM_VDSO_H */
44 changes: 44 additions & 0 deletions arch/mips/kernel/csrc-r4k.c
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Expand Up @@ -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)
Expand All @@ -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);
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71 changes: 65 additions & 6 deletions arch/mips/kernel/vdso.c
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Expand Up @@ -12,9 +12,12 @@
#include <linux/elf.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/ioport.h>
#include <linux/irqchip/mips-gic.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/timekeeper_internal.h>

#include <asm/abi.h>
#include <asm/vdso.h>
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static union mips_vdso_data vdso_data __page_aligned_data;

/*
* Mapping for the VDSO data pages. The real pages are mapped manually, as
* Mapping for the VDSO data/GIC pages. The real pages are mapped manually, as
* what we map and where within the area they are mapped is determined at
* runtime.
*/
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}
subsys_initcall(init_vdso);

void update_vsyscall(struct timekeeper *tk)
{
vdso_data_write_begin(&vdso_data);

vdso_data.xtime_sec = tk->xtime_sec;
vdso_data.xtime_nsec = tk->tkr_mono.xtime_nsec;
vdso_data.wall_to_mono_sec = tk->wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec;
vdso_data.wall_to_mono_nsec = tk->wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec;
vdso_data.cs_shift = tk->tkr_mono.shift;

vdso_data.clock_mode = tk->tkr_mono.clock->archdata.vdso_clock_mode;
if (vdso_data.clock_mode != VDSO_CLOCK_NONE) {
vdso_data.cs_mult = tk->tkr_mono.mult;
vdso_data.cs_cycle_last = tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last;
vdso_data.cs_mask = tk->tkr_mono.mask;
}

vdso_data_write_end(&vdso_data);
}

void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
{
if (vdso_data.clock_mode != VDSO_CLOCK_NONE) {
vdso_data.tz_minuteswest = sys_tz.tz_minuteswest;
vdso_data.tz_dsttime = sys_tz.tz_dsttime;
}
}

int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
{
struct mips_vdso_image *image = current->thread.abi->vdso;
struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
unsigned long base, vdso_addr;
unsigned long gic_size, vvar_size, size, base, data_addr, vdso_addr;
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
struct resource gic_res;
int ret;

down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);

base = get_unmapped_area(NULL, 0, PAGE_SIZE + image->size, 0, 0);
/*
* Determine total area size. This includes the VDSO data itself, the
* data page, and the GIC user page if present. Always create a mapping
* for the GIC user area if the GIC is present regardless of whether it
* is the current clocksource, in case it comes into use later on. We
* only map a page even though the total area is 64K, as we only need
* the counter registers at the start.
*/
gic_size = gic_present ? PAGE_SIZE : 0;
vvar_size = gic_size + PAGE_SIZE;
size = vvar_size + image->size;

base = get_unmapped_area(NULL, 0, size, 0, 0);
if (IS_ERR_VALUE(base)) {
ret = base;
goto out;
}

vdso_addr = base + PAGE_SIZE;
data_addr = base + gic_size;
vdso_addr = data_addr + PAGE_SIZE;

vma = _install_special_mapping(mm, base, PAGE_SIZE,
vma = _install_special_mapping(mm, base, vvar_size,
VM_READ | VM_MAYREAD,
&vdso_vvar_mapping);
if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(vma);
goto out;
}

/* Map GIC user page. */
if (gic_size) {
ret = gic_get_usm_range(&gic_res);
if (ret)
goto out;

ret = io_remap_pfn_range(vma, base,
gic_res.start >> PAGE_SHIFT,
gic_size,
pgprot_noncached(PAGE_READONLY));
if (ret)
goto out;
}

/* Map data page. */
ret = remap_pfn_range(vma, base,
ret = remap_pfn_range(vma, data_addr,
virt_to_phys(&vdso_data) >> PAGE_SHIFT,
PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_READONLY);
if (ret)
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