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Message-ID: <CALCETrXnm1ew+CCfSu3fP_sBKhFTtX35z1qhapXhrRC3s=PpXQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:22:28 -0800
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To: stefani@...bold.net
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, ak@...ux.intel.com,
aarcange@...hat.com, john.stultz@...aro.org, xemul@...allels.com,
gorcunov@...nvz.org, andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 2:12 PM, <stefani@...bold.net> wrote:
> From: Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
>
> This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime()
> and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO.
>
> The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers
> uses TSC to get a fast time time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO
> time functions a fast and reliable way, because the kernel knows the
> best time source and the P- and C-state of the CPU.
>
> The helper library to use the VDSO functions can be download at
> http://http://seibold.net/vdso.c
> The libary is very small, only 228 lines of code. Compile it with
> gcc -Wall -O3 -fpic vdso.c -lrt -shared -o libvdso.so
> and use it with LD_PRELOAD=<path>/libvdso.so
>
> This kind of helper must be integrated into glibc, for x86 64-bit and
> PowerPC it is already there.
>
> Some benchmark linux 32 bit results (all measurements are in nano seconds):
>
> Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU 400MHz
>
> Average time kernel call:
> gettimeofday(): 1039
> clock_gettime(): 1578
> time(): 526
> Average time VDSO call:
> gettimeofday(): 378
> clock_gettime(): 303
> time(): 60
>
> Celeron(R) Dual-Core CPU T3100 1.90GHz
>
> Average time kernel call:
> gettimeofday(): 209
> clock_gettime(): 406
> time(): 135
> Average time VDSO call:
> gettimeofday(): 51
> clock_gettime(): 43
> time(): 10
>
> So you can see a performance increase between 4 and 13, depending on the
> CPU and the function.
>
> The patch is against kernel 3.7. Please apply if you like it.
This would probably be a lot more readable if you split out the
preparation parts -- i.e. struct rearrangement and bitness issues, and
then added the new code on top of it.
>
> Changelog:
> 25.11.2012 - first release and proof of concept for linux 3.4
> 11.12.2012 - Port to linux 3.7 and code cleanup
> 12.12.2012 - fixes suggested by Andy Lutomirski
> - fixes suggested by John Stultz
> - use call VDSO32_vsyscall instead of int 80
> - code cleanup
> 17.12.2012 - support for IA32_EMULATION, this includes
> - code cleanup
> - include cleanup to fix compile warnings and errors
> - move out seqcount from seqlock, enable use in VDSO
> - map FIXMAP and HPET into the 32 bit address space
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
> ---
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 +-
> arch/x86/include/asm/clocksource.h | 4 -
> arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h | 6 +-
> arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h | 10 ++-
> arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h | 1 -
> arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h | 5 ++
> arch/x86/kernel/Makefile | 1 +
> arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c | 11 ++-
> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 2 +
> arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c | 2 -
> arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 4 -
> arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c | 49 -----------
> arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_gtod.c | 93 +++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/mm/init_32.c | 1 +
> arch/x86/vdso/Makefile | 6 ++
> arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c | 108 ++++++++++++++++++------
> arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c | 41 ++++++++++
> arch/x86/vdso/vdso32/vclock_gettime.c | 29 +++++++
> arch/x86/vdso/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S | 3 +
> include/linux/clocksource.h | 1 -
> include/linux/mm.h | 3 +
> include/linux/seqcount.h | 150 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/seqlock.h | 145 +-------------------------------
> include/linux/time.h | 3 +-
> include/linux/timekeeper_internal.h | 1 +
> include/linux/types.h | 2 +
> mm/mmap.c | 20 ++++-
> 27 files changed, 457 insertions(+), 248 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_gtod.c
> create mode 100644 arch/x86/vdso/vdso32/vclock_gettime.c
> create mode 100644 include/linux/seqcount.h
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 46c3bff..b8c2c74 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ config X86
> select GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
> select CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
> select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
> - select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA if X86_64
> + select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
> select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST if X86_64 || (X86_32 && X86_LOCAL_APIC)
> - select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL if X86_64
> + select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
> select KTIME_SCALAR if X86_32
> select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
> select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/clocksource.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/clocksource.h
> index 0bdbbb3..67d68b9 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/clocksource.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/clocksource.h
> @@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
> #ifndef _ASM_X86_CLOCKSOURCE_H
> #define _ASM_X86_CLOCKSOURCE_H
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> -
> #define VCLOCK_NONE 0 /* No vDSO clock available. */
> #define VCLOCK_TSC 1 /* vDSO should use vread_tsc. */
> #define VCLOCK_HPET 2 /* vDSO should use vread_hpet. */
> @@ -13,6 +11,4 @@ struct arch_clocksource_data {
> int vclock_mode;
> };
>
> -#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
> -
> #endif /* _ASM_X86_CLOCKSOURCE_H */
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
> index 4da3c0c..75ebc52 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
> @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
>
> #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> -#include <asm/acpi.h>
> +#include <linux/bug.h>
> +#include <asm/pgtable_types.h>
> #include <asm/apicdef.h>
> #include <asm/page.h>
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> @@ -78,9 +79,10 @@ enum fixed_addresses {
> VSYSCALL_LAST_PAGE,
> VSYSCALL_FIRST_PAGE = VSYSCALL_LAST_PAGE
> + ((VSYSCALL_END-VSYSCALL_START) >> PAGE_SHIFT) - 1,
> +#endif
> VVAR_PAGE,
> VSYSCALL_HPET,
> -#endif
> +
> FIX_DBGP_BASE,
> FIX_EARLYCON_MEM_BASE,
> #ifdef CONFIG_PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
> index 46e24d3..74c80d4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
> @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
> #ifndef _ASM_X86_VGTOD_H
> #define _ASM_X86_VGTOD_H
>
> -#include <asm/vsyscall.h>
> -#include <linux/clocksource.h>
> +#include <linux/seqcount.h>
> +#include <uapi/linux/time.h>
>
> struct vsyscall_gtod_data {
> seqcount_t seq;
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct vsyscall_gtod_data {
> cycle_t mask;
> u32 mult;
> u32 shift;
> - } clock;
> + } __attribute__((aligned(4),packed)) clock;
>
> /* open coded 'struct timespec' */
> time_t wall_time_sec;
> @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ struct vsyscall_gtod_data {
> struct timezone sys_tz;
> struct timespec wall_time_coarse;
> struct timespec monotonic_time_coarse;
> -};
> +} __attribute__((aligned(4),packed));
> +
> extern struct vsyscall_gtod_data vsyscall_gtod_data;
>
> +extern void map_vgtod(void);
> #endif /* _ASM_X86_VGTOD_H */
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h
> index eaea1d3..24730cb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h
> @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ enum vsyscall_num {
> #define VSYSCALL_ADDR(vsyscall_nr) (VSYSCALL_START+VSYSCALL_SIZE*(vsyscall_nr))
>
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
> -#include <linux/seqlock.h>
>
> #define VGETCPU_RDTSCP 1
> #define VGETCPU_LSL 2
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h
> index de656ac..1e71e6c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h
> @@ -17,7 +17,11 @@
> */
>
> /* Base address of vvars. This is not ABI. */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> #define VVAR_ADDRESS (-10*1024*1024 - 4096)
> +#else
> +#define VVAR_ADDRESS 0xffffd000
> +#endif
>
> #if defined(__VVAR_KERNEL_LDS)
>
> @@ -46,5 +50,6 @@
> DECLARE_VVAR(0, volatile unsigned long, jiffies)
> DECLARE_VVAR(16, int, vgetcpu_mode)
> DECLARE_VVAR(128, struct vsyscall_gtod_data, vsyscall_gtod_data)
> +DECLARE_VVAR(512, const void __iomem *, vsyscall_hpet)
This looks suspicious. Is that a 64-bit pointer or a 32-bit pointer?
> diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
> index 0faad64..02fe183 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
> #include <linux/mm.h>
> #include <linux/err.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
>
> #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
> #include <asm/msr.h>
> @@ -194,6 +195,9 @@ static __init void relocate_vdso(Elf32_Ehdr *ehdr)
> }
>
> static struct page *vdso32_pages[1];
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
> +static struct page *vvar_pages[1];
> +#endif
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
>
> @@ -279,7 +283,11 @@ int __init sysenter_setup(void)
> void *syscall_page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
> const void *vsyscall;
> size_t vsyscall_len;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
> + extern char __vvar_page;
>
> + vvar_pages[0] = virt_to_page(&__vvar_page);
> +#endif
> vdso32_pages[0] = virt_to_page(syscall_page);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> @@ -310,6 +318,9 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
> unsigned long addr;
> int ret = 0;
> bool compat;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
> + extern unsigned long hpet_address;
> +#endif
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
> if (test_thread_flag(TIF_X32))
> @@ -352,6 +363,36 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
> goto up_fail;
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
> + ret = install_special_mapping(mm, VVAR_ADDRESS & 0xffffffff, PAGE_SIZE,
> + VM_READ|VM_EXEC, vvar_pages);
> +
> + if (ret)
> + goto up_fail;
> +
> + if (hpet_address) {
> + struct vm_area_struct *vma = _install_special_mapping(mm,
> + __fix_to_virt(VSYSCALL_HPET) & 0xffffffff,
> + PAGE_SIZE, VM_READ|VM_EXEC|VM_IO|VM_LOCKED,
> + NULL);
> +
> + if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
> + ret = PTR_ERR(vma);
> + goto up_fail;
> + }
> +
> + vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
> +
> + ret = io_remap_pfn_range(vma,
> + vma->vm_start,
> + hpet_address >> PAGE_SHIFT,
> + PAGE_SIZE,
> + vma->vm_page_prot);
> + if (ret)
> + goto up_fail;
> + }
> +#endif
> +
IMO this really wants to only happen if the program has the 32-bit vdso mapped.
> current_thread_info()->sysenter_return =
> VDSO32_SYMBOL(addr, SYSENTER_RETURN);
>
--Andy
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