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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Nathan Lynch 2015-06-04 21:10:43 +00:00 committed by Joseph Myers
parent 34caaafd1a
commit b65d3e5f0f
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2015-06-04 Nathan Lynch <nathan_lynch@codesourcery.com>
* 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.
2015-06-04 Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/not-cancel.h (open_not_cancel): Rewrite to

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ifeq ($(subdir),elf)
sysdep_routines += dl-vdso
sysdep-rtld-routines += aeabi_read_tp libc-do-syscall
endif

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@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ libc {
GLIBC_PRIVATE {
# A copy of sigaction lives in libpthread, and needs these.
__default_sa_restorer; __default_rt_sa_restorer;
# nptl/pthread_cond_timedwait.c uses INTERNAL_VSYSCALL(clock_gettime).
__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>

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/* VDSO function pointer declarations. 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/>. */
#ifndef _LIBC_VDSO_H
#define _LIBC_VDSO_H
#ifdef SHARED
# include <sysdep-vdso.h>
extern int (*VDSO_SYMBOL(gettimeofday)) (struct timeval *, void *)
attribute_hidden;
extern int (*VDSO_SYMBOL(clock_gettime)) (clockid_t, struct timespec *);
#endif
#endif /* _LIBC_VDSO_H */

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@ -387,6 +387,10 @@ __local_syscall_error: \
#undef INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO
#define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO(val, err) (-(val))
/* List of system calls which are supported as vsyscalls. */
#define HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME_VSYSCALL 1
#define HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY_VSYSCALL 1
#define LOAD_ARGS_0()
#define ASM_ARGS_0
#define LOAD_ARGS_1(a1) \