From 0d651e4e65e96989f72236bf83bd4c6e55eb6ce4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Rutland Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:51:26 +0000 Subject: clocksource: arch_timer: use virtual counters Switching between reading the virtual or physical counters is problematic, as some core code wants a view of time before we're fully set up. Using a function pointer and switching the source after the first read can make time appear to go backwards, and having a check in the read function is an unfortunate block on what we want to be a fast path. Instead, this patch makes us always use the virtual counters. If we're a guest, or don't have hyp mode, we'll use the virtual timers, and as such don't care about CNTVOFF as long as it doesn't change in such a way as to make time appear to travel backwards. As the guest will use the virtual timers, a (potential) KVM host must use the physical timers (which can wake up the host even if they fire while a guest is executing), and hence a host must have CNTVOFF set to zero so as to have a consistent view of time between the physical timers and virtual counters. Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland Acked-by: Catalin Marinas Acked-by: Marc Zyngier Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar Cc: Rob Herring --- drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 23 +++++------------------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c') diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c index a2b254189782..053d846ab5b1 100644 --- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c +++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c @@ -186,27 +186,19 @@ u32 arch_timer_get_rate(void) return arch_timer_rate; } -/* - * Some external users of arch_timer_read_counter (e.g. sched_clock) may try to - * call it before it has been initialised. Rather than incur a performance - * penalty checking for initialisation, provide a default implementation that - * won't lead to time appearing to jump backwards. - */ -static u64 arch_timer_read_zero(void) +u64 arch_timer_read_counter(void) { - return 0; + return arch_counter_get_cntvct(); } -u64 (*arch_timer_read_counter)(void) = arch_timer_read_zero; - static cycle_t arch_counter_read(struct clocksource *cs) { - return arch_timer_read_counter(); + return arch_counter_get_cntvct(); } static cycle_t arch_counter_read_cc(const struct cyclecounter *cc) { - return arch_timer_read_counter(); + return arch_counter_get_cntvct(); } static struct clocksource clocksource_counter = { @@ -287,7 +279,7 @@ static int __init arch_timer_register(void) cyclecounter.mult = clocksource_counter.mult; cyclecounter.shift = clocksource_counter.shift; timecounter_init(&timecounter, &cyclecounter, - arch_counter_get_cntpct()); + arch_counter_get_cntvct()); if (arch_timer_use_virtual) { ppi = arch_timer_ppi[VIRT_PPI]; @@ -376,11 +368,6 @@ static void __init arch_timer_init(struct device_node *np) } } - if (arch_timer_use_virtual) - arch_timer_read_counter = arch_counter_get_cntvct; - else - arch_timer_read_counter = arch_counter_get_cntpct; - arch_timer_register(); arch_timer_arch_init(); } -- cgit v1.2.3