kernel/linux.git/arch/arm/include/asm/vdso, branch v6.18.21

ARM: VDSO: Remove cntvct_ok global variable

2025-09-04T09:23:49+00:00

The cntvct_ok variable has not had any external user since commit c7a18100bdff ("lib/vdso: Avoid highres update if clocksource is not VDSO capable"). It also only has one user in vdso.c, once during init, so rather than having the caller of patch_vdso() initialize cntvct_ok, just call cntvct_functional() directly and avoid the global variable entirely. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250826-vdso-cleanups-v1-2-d9b65750e49f@linutronix.de

arm: vdso: Switch to generic storage implementation

2025-02-21T08:54:02+00:00

The generic storage implementation provides the same features as the custom one. However it can be shared between architectures, making maintenance easier. Co-developed-by: Nam Cao Signed-off-by: Nam Cao Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250204-vdso-store-rng-v3-11-13a4669dfc8c@linutronix.de

ARM: vdso: Remove assembly for datapage access

2024-11-02T11:37:33+00:00

vdso/datapage.h provides a hidden declaration for _vdso_data. When using it the compiler will automatically generate PC-relative accesses which avoids the need for a custom assembly-based accessor. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241010-vdso-generic-base-v1-7-b64f0842d512@linutronix.de

arm: vdso: Remove timekeeper includes

2024-10-15T15:50:29+00:00

Since the generic VDSO clock mode storage is used, this header file is unused and can be removed. This avoids including a non-VDSO header while building the VDSO, which can lead to compilation errors. Also drop the comment which is out of date and in the wrong place. Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241010-vdso-generic-arch_update_vsyscall-v1-2-7fe5a3ea4382@linutronix.de

vdso/treewide: Add vdso_data pointer argument to __arch_get_hw_counter()

2020-08-06T08:57:30+00:00

MIPS already uses and S390 will need the vdso data pointer in __arch_get_hw_counter(). This works nicely as long as the architecture does not support time namespaces in the VDSO. With time namespaces enabled the regular accessor to the vdso data pointer __arch_get_vdso_data() will return the namespace specific VDSO data page for tasks which are part of a non-root time namespace. This would cause the architectures which need the vdso data pointer in __arch_get_hw_counter() to access the wrong vdso data page. Add a vdso_data pointer argument to __arch_get_hw_counter() and hand it in from the call sites in the core code. For architectures which do not need the data pointer in their counter accessor function the compiler will just optimize it out. Fix up all existing architecture implementations and make MIPS utilize the pointer instead of invoking the accessor function. No functional change and no change in the resulting object code (except MIPS). Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/draft-87wo2ekuzn.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de

asm/rwonce: Don't pull into 'asm-generic/rwonce.h'

2020-07-21T09:50:36+00:00

Now that 'smp_read_barrier_depends()' has gone the way of the Norwegian Blue, drop the inclusion of in 'asm-generic/rwonce.h'. This requires fixups to some architecture vdso headers which were previously relying on 'asm/barrier.h' coming in via 'linux/compiler.h'. Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Will Deacon

arm: vdso: Enable arm to use common headers

2020-03-21T14:24:03+00:00

Enable arm to use only the common headers in the implementation of the vDSO library. Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Russell King Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200320145351.32292-25-vincenzo.frascino@arm.com

arm: Introduce asm/vdso/clocksource.h

2020-03-21T14:23:54+00:00

The vDSO library should only include the necessary headers required for a userspace library (UAPI and a minimal set of kernel headers). To make this possible it is necessary to isolate from the kernel headers the common parts that are strictly necessary to build the library. Introduce asm/vdso/clocksource.h to contain all the arm64 specific functions that are suitable for vDSO inclusion. This header will be required by a future patch that will generalize vdso/clocksource.h. Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Russell King Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200320145351.32292-6-vincenzo.frascino@arm.com

lib/vdso: Avoid highres update if clocksource is not VDSO capable

2020-02-17T19:12:17+00:00

If the current clocksource is not VDSO capable there is no point in updating the high resolution parts of the VDSO data. Replace the architecture specific check with a check for a VDSO capable clocksource and skip the update if there is none. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Tested-by: Vincenzo Frascino Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200207124403.563379423@linutronix.de

ARM/arm64: vdso: Use common vdso clock mode storage

2020-02-17T19:12:16+00:00

Convert ARM/ARM64 to the generic VDSO clock mode storage. This needs to happen in one go as they share the clocksource driver. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Tested-by: Vincenzo Frascino Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200207124403.363235229@linutronix.de