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authorNathan Lynch <nathan_lynch@codesourcery.com>2015-06-04 21:10:43 +0000
committerJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2015-06-04 21:10:43 +0000
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ARM: VDSO support
Beginning with the upcoming 4.1 release, Linux on a subset of 32-bit ARM hardware will provide fast user-space implementations of the following system calls: - gettimeofday - clock_gettime The kernel implementation depends on the ARMv7 Generic Timers Extension to accelerate these system calls. So CPUs such as Cortex-A15 and -A7 benefit, while Cortex-A9, -A8, and pre-v7 CPUs do not. On systems where the VDSO does not provide any speedup, the kernel prevents the relevant symbol lookups from succeeding. On OMAP5 (Cortex-A15) gettimeofday latency decreases from ~350ns to ~120ns. On BeagleBone Black (Cortex-A8) it goes from ~650ns to ~660ns, which to my mind is an acceptable cost. Verified that no new test failures are introduced on kernels with and without the VDSO. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/Makefile: (sysdep_routines): Include dl-vdso. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/init-first.c: New file: Use VDSO routines for gettimeofday, clock_gettime if available. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/libc-vdso.h: New file: Declare VDSO symbols. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/sysdep.h: [HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY_VSYSCALL]: Define. [HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME_VSYSCALL]: Define. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/Versions: Add __vdso_clock_gettime.
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+/* Initialization code run first thing by the ELF startup code. Linux/ARM.
+ Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#ifdef SHARED
+# include <dl-vdso.h>
+# include <libc-vdso.h>
+
+int (*VDSO_SYMBOL(gettimeofday)) (struct timeval *, void *) attribute_hidden;
+int (*VDSO_SYMBOL(clock_gettime)) (clockid_t, struct timespec *);
+
+static inline void
+_libc_vdso_platform_setup (void)
+{
+ PREPARE_VERSION_KNOWN (linux26, LINUX_2_6);
+
+ void *p = _dl_vdso_vsym ("__vdso_gettimeofday", &linux26);
+ PTR_MANGLE (p);
+ VDSO_SYMBOL (gettimeofday) = p;
+
+ p = _dl_vdso_vsym ("__vdso_clock_gettime", &linux26);
+ PTR_MANGLE (p);
+ VDSO_SYMBOL (clock_gettime) = p;
+}
+
+# define VDSO_SETUP _libc_vdso_platform_setup
+#endif
+
+#include <csu/init-first.c>