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 <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
index bf6ab242f047..d56ed11ba9a3 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
@@ -110,16 +110,6 @@ static inline void __cpuinit arch_counter_set_user_access(void)
 	asm volatile("msr	cntkctl_el1, %0" : : "r" (cntkctl));
 }
 
-static inline u64 arch_counter_get_cntpct(void)
-{
-	u64 cval;
-
-	isb();
-	asm volatile("mrs %0, cntpct_el0" : "=r" (cval));
-
-	return cval;
-}
-
 static inline u64 arch_counter_get_cntvct(void)
 {
 	u64 cval;