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author | Nathan Lynch <nathan_lynch@codesourcery.com> | 2015-06-04 21:10:43 +0000 |
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committer | Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> | 2015-06-04 21:10:43 +0000 |
commit | b65d3e5f0f452e86f81d21d59b065feeb31357be (patch) | |
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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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diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/init-first.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/init-first.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2fa4fb75a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/init-first.c @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +/* 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> |