From b65d3e5f0f452e86f81d21d59b065feeb31357be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Lynch Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 21:10:43 +0000 Subject: 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. --- sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/libc-vdso.h | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/libc-vdso.h (limited to 'sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/libc-vdso.h') diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/libc-vdso.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/libc-vdso.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..17baea6 --- /dev/null +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/libc-vdso.h @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +/* 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 + . */ + +#ifndef _LIBC_VDSO_H +#define _LIBC_VDSO_H + +#ifdef SHARED + +# include + +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 */ -- cgit v1.1