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Using the physical counter allows KVM to retain the offset between the virtual and physical counter as long as it is actively running a VCPU. As soon as a VCPU is released, another thread is scheduled or we start running userspace applications, we reset the offset to 0, so that userspace accessing the virtual timer can still read the virtual counter and get the same view of time as the kernel. This opens up potential improvements for KVM performance, but we have to make a few adjustments to preserve system consistency. Currently get_cycles() is hardwired to arch_counter_get_cntvct() on arm64, but as we move to using the physical timer for the in-kernel time-keeping on systems that boot in EL2, we should use the same counter for get_cycles() as for other in-kernel timekeeping operations. Similarly, implementations of arch_timer_set_next_event_phys() is modified to use the counter specific to the timer being programmed. VHE kernels or kernels continuing to use the virtual timer are unaffected. Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <cdall@linaro.org>
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883 B
C
30 lines
883 B
C
/*
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* Copyright (C) 2012 ARM Ltd.
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*
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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
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* published by the Free Software Foundation.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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*/
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#ifndef __ASM_TIMEX_H
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#define __ASM_TIMEX_H
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#include <asm/arch_timer.h>
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/*
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* Use the current timer as a cycle counter since this is what we use for
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* the delay loop.
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*/
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#define get_cycles() arch_timer_read_counter()
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#include <asm-generic/timex.h>
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#endif
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