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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/clocksource.h | 101 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/clocksource.c | 76 |
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diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h index f88d32f8ff7..573819ef4cc 100644 --- a/include/linux/clocksource.h +++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h @@ -22,8 +22,109 @@ typedef u64 cycle_t; struct clocksource; /** + * struct cyclecounter - hardware abstraction for a free running counter + * Provides completely state-free accessors to the underlying hardware. + * Depending on which hardware it reads, the cycle counter may wrap + * around quickly. Locking rules (if necessary) have to be defined + * by the implementor and user of specific instances of this API. + * + * @read: returns the current cycle value + * @mask: bitmask for two's complement + * subtraction of non 64 bit counters, + * see CLOCKSOURCE_MASK() helper macro + * @mult: cycle to nanosecond multiplier + * @shift: cycle to nanosecond divisor (power of two) + */ +struct cyclecounter { + cycle_t (*read)(const struct cyclecounter *cc); + cycle_t mask; + u32 mult; + u32 shift; +}; + +/** + * struct timecounter - layer above a %struct cyclecounter which counts nanoseconds + * Contains the state needed by timecounter_read() to detect + * cycle counter wrap around. Initialize with + * timecounter_init(). Also used to convert cycle counts into the + * corresponding nanosecond counts with timecounter_cyc2time(). Users + * of this code are responsible for initializing the underlying + * cycle counter hardware, locking issues and reading the time + * more often than the cycle counter wraps around. The nanosecond + * counter will only wrap around after ~585 years. + * + * @cc: the cycle counter used by this instance + * @cycle_last: most recent cycle counter value seen by + * timecounter_read() + * @nsec: continuously increasing count + */ +struct timecounter { + const struct cyclecounter *cc; + cycle_t cycle_last; + u64 nsec; +}; + +/** + * cyclecounter_cyc2ns - converts cycle counter cycles to nanoseconds + * @tc: Pointer to cycle counter. + * @cycles: Cycles + * + * XXX - This could use some mult_lxl_ll() asm optimization. Same code + * as in cyc2ns, but with unsigned result. + */ +static inline u64 cyclecounter_cyc2ns(const struct cyclecounter *cc, + cycle_t cycles) +{ + u64 ret = (u64)cycles; + ret = (ret * cc->mult) >> cc->shift; + return ret; +} + +/** + * timecounter_init - initialize a time counter + * @tc: Pointer to time counter which is to be initialized/reset + * @cc: A cycle counter, ready to be used. + * @start_tstamp: Arbitrary initial time stamp. + * + * After this call the current cycle register (roughly) corresponds to + * the initial time stamp. Every call to timecounter_read() increments + * the time stamp counter by the number of elapsed nanoseconds. + */ +extern void timecounter_init(struct timecounter *tc, + const struct cyclecounter *cc, + u64 start_tstamp); + +/** + * timecounter_read - return nanoseconds elapsed since timecounter_init() + * plus the initial time stamp + * @tc: Pointer to time counter. + * + * In other words, keeps track of time since the same epoch as + * the function which generated the initial time stamp. + */ +extern u64 timecounter_read(struct timecounter *tc); + +/** + * timecounter_cyc2time - convert a cycle counter to same + * time base as values returned by + * timecounter_read() + * @tc: Pointer to time counter. + * @cycle: a value returned by tc->cc->read() + * + * Cycle counts that are converted correctly as long as they + * fall into the interval [-1/2 max cycle count, +1/2 max cycle count], + * with "max cycle count" == cs->mask+1. + * + * This allows conversion of cycle counter values which were generated + * in the past. + */ +extern u64 timecounter_cyc2time(struct timecounter *tc, + cycle_t cycle_tstamp); + +/** * struct clocksource - hardware abstraction for a free running counter * Provides mostly state-free accessors to the underlying hardware. + * This is the structure used for system time. * * @name: ptr to clocksource name * @list: list head for registration diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c index ca89e1593f0..c46c931a7fe 100644 --- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c +++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c @@ -31,6 +31,82 @@ #include <linux/sched.h> /* for spin_unlock_irq() using preempt_count() m68k */ #include <linux/tick.h> +void timecounter_init(struct timecounter *tc, + const struct cyclecounter *cc, + u64 start_tstamp) +{ + tc->cc = cc; + tc->cycle_last = cc->read(cc); + tc->nsec = start_tstamp; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(timecounter_init); + +/** + * timecounter_read_delta - get nanoseconds since last call of this function + * @tc: Pointer to time counter + * + * When the underlying cycle counter runs over, this will be handled + * correctly as long as it does not run over more than once between + * calls. + * + * The first call to this function for a new time counter initializes + * the time tracking and returns an undefined result. + */ +static u64 timecounter_read_delta(struct timecounter *tc) +{ + cycle_t cycle_now, cycle_delta; + u64 ns_offset; + + /* read cycle counter: */ + cycle_now = tc->cc->read(tc->cc); + + /* calculate the delta since the last timecounter_read_delta(): */ + cycle_delta = (cycle_now - tc->cycle_last) & tc->cc->mask; + + /* convert to nanoseconds: */ + ns_offset = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta); + + /* update time stamp of timecounter_read_delta() call: */ + tc->cycle_last = cycle_now; + + return ns_offset; +} + +u64 timecounter_read(struct timecounter *tc) +{ + u64 nsec; + + /* increment time by nanoseconds since last call */ + nsec = timecounter_read_delta(tc); + nsec += tc->nsec; + tc->nsec = nsec; + + return nsec; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(timecounter_read); + +u64 timecounter_cyc2time(struct timecounter *tc, + cycle_t cycle_tstamp) +{ + u64 cycle_delta = (cycle_tstamp - tc->cycle_last) & tc->cc->mask; + u64 nsec; + + /* + * Instead of always treating cycle_tstamp as more recent + * than tc->cycle_last, detect when it is too far in the + * future and treat it as old time stamp instead. + */ + if (cycle_delta > tc->cc->mask / 2) { + cycle_delta = (tc->cycle_last - cycle_tstamp) & tc->cc->mask; + nsec = tc->nsec - cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta); + } else { + nsec = cyclecounter_cyc2ns(tc->cc, cycle_delta) + tc->nsec; + } + + return nsec; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(timecounter_cyc2time); + /* XXX - Would like a better way for initializing curr_clocksource */ extern struct clocksource clocksource_jiffies; |