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<title>arm64: arch_timer: reuse arch_timer_read_cnt{p,v}ct_el0() helpers</title>
<updated>2026-06-05T11:04:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Breno Leitao</name>
<email>leitao@debian.org</email>
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<published>2026-05-23T16:59:26+00:00</published>
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__arch_counter_get_cntpct() and __arch_counter_get_cntvct() open-code
the same ECV-aware ALTERNATIVE block that arch_timer_read_cntpct_el0()
and arch_timer_read_cntvct_el0() already provide in the same header.
The two pairs are byte-for-byte identical except for the trailing
arch_counter_enforce_ordering() the __arch_counter_get_* variants add.

Replace the duplicated inline assembly in __arch_counter_get_cntpct()
and __arch_counter_get_cntvct() with calls to the corresponding helpers.
This mirrors commit 00b39d150986 ("arm64: vdso: Use
__arch_counter_get_cntvct()"), which removed similar duplication from
the vDSO, and keeps the system-counter read sequence in a single place,
reducing assembly code in the kernell

No functional change: the resulting inline assembly, alternatives, and
clobbers are unchanged; only the source-level expression of the read
moves into the existing helper.

Verified by rebuilding the consumers of these helpers before and after
the change and comparing the resulting disassembly:

  - arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.so (final linked vDSO):
      bit-identical (same sha256 across rebuilds)
  - arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.o:    identical disassembly
  - arch/arm64/lib/delay.o:                    identical disassembly
  - drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.o:      same 50 functions with
      byte-identical instruction streams; only difference is function
      ordering inside .text and NOP padding, with no opcodes added or
      removed.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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__arch_counter_get_cntpct() and __arch_counter_get_cntvct() open-code
the same ECV-aware ALTERNATIVE block that arch_timer_read_cntpct_el0()
and arch_timer_read_cntvct_el0() already provide in the same header.
The two pairs are byte-for-byte identical except for the trailing
arch_counter_enforce_ordering() the __arch_counter_get_* variants add.

Replace the duplicated inline assembly in __arch_counter_get_cntpct()
and __arch_counter_get_cntvct() with calls to the corresponding helpers.
This mirrors commit 00b39d150986 ("arm64: vdso: Use
__arch_counter_get_cntvct()"), which removed similar duplication from
the vDSO, and keeps the system-counter read sequence in a single place,
reducing assembly code in the kernell

No functional change: the resulting inline assembly, alternatives, and
clobbers are unchanged; only the source-level expression of the read
moves into the existing helper.

Verified by rebuilding the consumers of these helpers before and after
the change and comparing the resulting disassembly:

  - arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.so (final linked vDSO):
      bit-identical (same sha256 across rebuilds)
  - arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.o:    identical disassembly
  - arch/arm64/lib/delay.o:                    identical disassembly
  - drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.o:      same 50 functions with
      byte-identical instruction streams; only difference is function
      ordering inside .text and NOP padding, with no opcodes added or
      removed.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>arm64/arch_timer: include &lt;linux/percpu.h&gt;</title>
<updated>2024-06-12T14:44:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Puranjay Mohan</name>
<email>puranjay@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-03T17:18:46+00:00</published>
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arch_timer.h includes linux/smp.h since the commit:

  6acc71ccac7187fc ("arm64: arch_timer: Allows a CPU-specific erratum to only affect a subset of CPUs")

It was included to use DEFINE_PER_CPU(), etc. But It should have
included &lt;linux/percpu.h&gt; rather than &lt;linux/smp.h&gt;. It worked because
smp.h includes percpu.h.

The next commit will remove percpu.h from smp.h and it will break this
usage.

Explicitly include percpu.h and remove smp.h

Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan &lt;puranjay@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd &lt;swboyd@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual &lt;anshuman.khandual@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240503171847.68267-1-puranjay@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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arch_timer.h includes linux/smp.h since the commit:

  6acc71ccac7187fc ("arm64: arch_timer: Allows a CPU-specific erratum to only affect a subset of CPUs")

It was included to use DEFINE_PER_CPU(), etc. But It should have
included &lt;linux/percpu.h&gt; rather than &lt;linux/smp.h&gt;. It worked because
smp.h includes percpu.h.

The next commit will remove percpu.h from smp.h and it will break this
usage.

Explicitly include percpu.h and remove smp.h

Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan &lt;puranjay@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd &lt;swboyd@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual &lt;anshuman.khandual@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240503171847.68267-1-puranjay@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>arm64/arch_timer: Provide noinstr sched_clock_read() functions</title>
<updated>2023-06-05T19:11:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-05-19T10:21:02+00:00</published>
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With the intent to provide local_clock_noinstr(), a variant of
local_clock() that's safe to be called from noinstr code (with the
assumption that any such code will already be non-preemptible),
prepare for things by providing a noinstr sched_clock_read() function.

Specifically, preempt_enable_*() calls out to schedule(), which upsets
noinstr validation efforts.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Michael Kelley &lt;mikelley@microsoft.com&gt;  # Hyper-V
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230519102715.435618812@infradead.org
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With the intent to provide local_clock_noinstr(), a variant of
local_clock() that's safe to be called from noinstr code (with the
assumption that any such code will already be non-preemptible),
prepare for things by providing a noinstr sched_clock_read() function.

Specifically, preempt_enable_*() calls out to schedule(), which upsets
noinstr validation efforts.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Michael Kelley &lt;mikelley@microsoft.com&gt;  # Hyper-V
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230519102715.435618812@infradead.org
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: Add CNT{P,V}CTSS_EL0 alternatives to cnt{p,v}ct_el0</title>
<updated>2021-10-19T09:56:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marc Zyngier</name>
<email>maz@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-17T12:42:23+00:00</published>
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CNTPCTSS_EL0 and CNTVCTSS_EL0 are alternatives to the usual
CNTPCT_EL0 and CNTVCT_EL0 that do not require a previous ISB
to be synchronised (SS stands for Self-Synchronising).

Use the ARM64_HAS_ECV capability to control alternative sequences
that switch to these low(er)-cost primitives. Note that the
counter access in the VDSO is for now left alone until we decide
whether we want to allow this.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-16-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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CNTPCTSS_EL0 and CNTVCTSS_EL0 are alternatives to the usual
CNTPCT_EL0 and CNTVCT_EL0 that do not require a previous ISB
to be synchronised (SS stands for Self-Synchronising).

Use the ARM64_HAS_ECV capability to control alternative sequences
that switch to these low(er)-cost primitives. Note that the
counter access in the VDSO is for now left alone until we decide
whether we want to allow this.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-16-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>clocksource/drivers/arch_arm_timer: Move workaround synchronisation around</title>
<updated>2021-10-18T07:20:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marc Zyngier</name>
<email>maz@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-17T12:42:21+00:00</published>
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We currently handle synchronisation when workarounds are enabled
by having an ISB in the __arch_counter_get_cnt?ct_stable() helpers.

While this works, this prevents us from relaxing this synchronisation.

Instead, move it closer to the point where the synchronisation is
actually needed. Further patches will subsequently relax this.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-14-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
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We currently handle synchronisation when workarounds are enabled
by having an ISB in the __arch_counter_get_cnt?ct_stable() helpers.

While this works, this prevents us from relaxing this synchronisation.

Instead, move it closer to the point where the synchronisation is
actually needed. Further patches will subsequently relax this.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-14-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Drop unnecessary ISB on CVAL programming</title>
<updated>2021-10-17T19:47:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marc Zyngier</name>
<email>maz@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-17T12:42:19+00:00</published>
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Switching from TVAL to CVAL has a small drawback: we need an ISB
before reading the counter. We cannot get rid of it, but we can
instead remove the one that comes just after writing to CVAL.

This reduces the number of ISBs from 3 to 2 when programming
the timer.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-12-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
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Switching from TVAL to CVAL has a small drawback: we need an ISB
before reading the counter. We cannot get rid of it, but we can
instead remove the one that comes just after writing to CVAL.

This reduces the number of ISBs from 3 to 2 when programming
the timer.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-12-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Move system register timer programming over to CVAL</title>
<updated>2021-10-17T19:47:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marc Zyngier</name>
<email>maz@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-17T12:42:12+00:00</published>
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In order to cope better with high frequency counters, move the
programming of the timers from the countdown timer (TVAL) over
to the comparator (CVAL).

The programming model is slightly different, as we now need to
read the current counter value to have an absolute deadline
instead of a relative one.

There is a small overhead to this change, which we will address
in the following patches.

Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton &lt;oupton@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-5-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
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In order to cope better with high frequency counters, move the
programming of the timers from the countdown timer (TVAL) over
to the comparator (CVAL).

The programming model is slightly different, as we now need to
read the current counter value to have an absolute deadline
instead of a relative one.

There is a small overhead to this change, which we will address
in the following patches.

Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton &lt;oupton@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-5-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Extend write side of timer register accessors to u64</title>
<updated>2021-10-17T19:46:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marc Zyngier</name>
<email>maz@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-17T12:42:11+00:00</published>
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The various accessors for the timer sysreg and MMIO registers are
currently hardwired to 32bit. However, we are about to introduce
the use of the CVAL registers, which require a 64bit access.

Upgrade the write side of the accessors to take a 64bit value
(the read side is left untouched as we don't plan to ever read
back any of these registers).

No functional change expected.

Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton &lt;oupton@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-4-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
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The various accessors for the timer sysreg and MMIO registers are
currently hardwired to 32bit. However, we are about to introduce
the use of the CVAL registers, which require a 64bit access.

Upgrade the write side of the accessors to take a 64bit value
(the read side is left untouched as we don't plan to ever read
back any of these registers).

No functional change expected.

Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton &lt;oupton@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-4-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: Drop CNT*_TVAL read accessors</title>
<updated>2021-10-17T19:46:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marc Zyngier</name>
<email>maz@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-17T12:42:10+00:00</published>
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The arch timer driver never reads the various TVAL registers, only
writes to them. It is thus pointless to provide accessors
for them and to implement errata workarounds.

Drop these read-side accessors, and add a couple of BUG() statements
for the time being. These statements will be removed further down
the line.

Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton &lt;oupton@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-3-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
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The arch timer driver never reads the various TVAL registers, only
writes to them. It is thus pointless to provide accessors
for them and to implement errata workarounds.

Drop these read-side accessors, and add a couple of BUG() statements
for the time being. These statements will be removed further down
the line.

Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton &lt;oupton@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-3-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
</pre>
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<entry>
<title>clocksource/arm_arch_timer: Add build-time guards for unhandled register accesses</title>
<updated>2021-10-17T19:45:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marc Zyngier</name>
<email>maz@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-17T12:42:09+00:00</published>
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As we are about to change the registers that are used by the driver,
start by adding build-time checks to ensure that we always handle
all registers and access modes.

Suggested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-2-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
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As we are about to change the registers that are used by the driver,
start by adding build-time checks to ensure that we always handle
all registers and access modes.

Suggested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-2-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano &lt;daniel.lezcano@linaro.org&gt;
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