arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
__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 <leitao@debian.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h | 12 ++----------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
index f5794d50f51d..6717209df05b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h
@@ -178,12 +178,8 @@ static __always_inline u64 __arch_counter_get_cntpct_stable(void)
static __always_inline u64 __arch_counter_get_cntpct(void)
{
- u64 cnt;
+ u64 cnt = arch_timer_read_cntpct_el0();
- asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE("isb\n mrs %0, cntpct_el0",
- "nop\n" __mrs_s("%0", SYS_CNTPCTSS_EL0),
- ARM64_HAS_ECV)
- : "=r" (cnt));
arch_counter_enforce_ordering(cnt);
return cnt;
}
@@ -199,12 +195,8 @@ static __always_inline u64 __arch_counter_get_cntvct_stable(void)
static __always_inline u64 __arch_counter_get_cntvct(void)
{
- u64 cnt;
+ u64 cnt = arch_timer_read_cntvct_el0();
- asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE("isb\n mrs %0, cntvct_el0",
- "nop\n" __mrs_s("%0", SYS_CNTVCTSS_EL0),
- ARM64_HAS_ECV)
- : "=r" (cnt));
arch_counter_enforce_ordering(cnt);
return cnt;
}
---
base-commit: 9f84f9898cf191aa251268547ceef03abb8d1edd
change-id: 20260523-arch64_fix-6416179b7173
Best regards,
--
Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
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