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To read PMU cycle counter through vDSO Path

Message ID 1413467525-30304-4-git-send-email-yogesh.tillu@linaro.org
State New
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Yogesh Tillu Oct. 16, 2014, 1:52 p.m. UTC
Signed-off-by: Yogesh Tillu <yogesh.tillu@linaro.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile     |    6 +++---
 arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S   |    5 +++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso_perfc.c |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso_perfc.c

Comments

Ola Liljedahl Oct. 16, 2014, 8:17 p.m. UTC | #1
If the cycle counter is enabled from user space, the kernel won't know that
it is enabled for this thread. What happens if the thread is migrated to
another core? I guess that the user space cycle counter access is not part
of the process/thread context so not migrated with the thread.

-- Ola


On 16 October 2014 15:52, Yogesh Tillu <yogesh.tillu@linaro.org> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Yogesh Tillu <yogesh.tillu@linaro.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile     |    6 +++---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S   |    5 +++++
>  arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso_perfc.c |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso_perfc.c
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> index 6d20b7d..4fde490 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
>  # Heavily based on the vDSO Makefiles for other archs.
>  #
>
> -obj-vdso := gettimeofday.o note.o sigreturn.o
> +obj-vdso := gettimeofday.o note.o sigreturn.o armpmu.o
>
>  # Build rules
>  targets := $(obj-vdso) vdso.so vdso.so.dbg
> @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ $(obj)/vdso-offsets.h: $(obj)/vdso.so.dbg FORCE
>         $(call if_changed,vdsosym)
>
>  # Assembly rules for the .S files
> -$(obj-vdso): %.o: %.S
> -       $(call if_changed_dep,vdsoas)
> +#$(obj-vdso): %.o: %.S
> +#      $(call if_changed_dep,vdsoas)
>
>  # Actual build commands
>  quiet_cmd_vdsold = VDSOL $@
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
> b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
> index 8154b8d..8cb56e0 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
> @@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ VERSION
>                 __kernel_gettimeofday;
>                 __kernel_clock_gettime;
>                 __kernel_clock_getres;
> +                /* ADD YOUR VDSO STUFF HERE */
> +               perf_read_counter;
> +               __vdso_perf_read_counter;
> +               perf_open_counter;
> +               __vdso_perf_open_counter;
>         local: *;
>         };
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso_perfc.c
> b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso_perfc.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..c363d64
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso_perfc.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> +#include <linux/compiler.h>
> +
> +int perf_read_counter(void)
> +    __attribute__((weak, alias("__vdso__perf_read_counter")));
> +int perf_open_counter(void)
> +    __attribute__((weak, alias("__vdso__perf_open_counter")));
> +
> +#define ARMV8_PMCNTENSET_EL0_ENABLE (1<<31) /**< Enable Perf count reg */
> +
> +__attribute__((no_instrument_function)) int
> __vdso__perf_read_counter(void)
> +{
> +int ret = 0;
> +asm volatile("mrs %0, pmccntr_el0" : "=r" (ret));
> +return ret;
> +}
> +
> +__attribute__((no_instrument_function)) void
> __vdso__perf_open_counter(void)
> +{
> +asm volatile("msr pmcntenset_el0, %0" : : "r"
> (ARMV8_PMCNTENSET_EL0_ENABLE));
> +}
> --
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>
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diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 6d20b7d..4fde490 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ 
 # Heavily based on the vDSO Makefiles for other archs.
 #
 
-obj-vdso := gettimeofday.o note.o sigreturn.o
+obj-vdso := gettimeofday.o note.o sigreturn.o armpmu.o
 
 # Build rules
 targets := $(obj-vdso) vdso.so vdso.so.dbg
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@  $(obj)/vdso-offsets.h: $(obj)/vdso.so.dbg FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,vdsosym)
 
 # Assembly rules for the .S files
-$(obj-vdso): %.o: %.S
-	$(call if_changed_dep,vdsoas)
+#$(obj-vdso): %.o: %.S
+#	$(call if_changed_dep,vdsoas)
 
 # Actual build commands
 quiet_cmd_vdsold = VDSOL $@
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
index 8154b8d..8cb56e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@  VERSION
 		__kernel_gettimeofday;
 		__kernel_clock_gettime;
 		__kernel_clock_getres;
+		 /* ADD YOUR VDSO STUFF HERE */
+		perf_read_counter;
+		__vdso_perf_read_counter;
+		perf_open_counter;
+		__vdso_perf_open_counter;
 	local: *;
 	};
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso_perfc.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso_perfc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c363d64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso_perfc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ 
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+
+int perf_read_counter(void)
+    __attribute__((weak, alias("__vdso__perf_read_counter")));
+int perf_open_counter(void)
+    __attribute__((weak, alias("__vdso__perf_open_counter")));
+
+#define ARMV8_PMCNTENSET_EL0_ENABLE (1<<31) /**< Enable Perf count reg */
+
+__attribute__((no_instrument_function)) int __vdso__perf_read_counter(void)
+{
+int ret = 0;
+asm volatile("mrs %0, pmccntr_el0" : "=r" (ret));
+return ret;
+}
+
+__attribute__((no_instrument_function)) void __vdso__perf_open_counter(void)
+{
+asm volatile("msr pmcntenset_el0, %0" : : "r" (ARMV8_PMCNTENSET_EL0_ENABLE));
+}