linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 2/6] perf tsc: Add rdtsc() for Arm64

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Date:   Wed,  2 Sep 2020 14:21:27 +0100
From:   Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Wei Li <liwei391@...wei.com>,
        Al Grant <al.grant@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
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        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
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        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        James Clark <james.clark@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/6] perf tsc: Add rdtsc() for Arm64

The system register CNTVCT_EL0 can be used to retrieve the counter from
user space.  Add rdtsc() for Arm64.

Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
---
 tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build |  1 +
 tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/tsc.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/tsc.c

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
index 5c13438c7bd4..b53294d74b01 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 perf-y += header.o
 perf-y += machine.o
 perf-y += perf_regs.o
+perf-y += tsc.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_DWARF)     += dwarf-regs.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND) += unwind-libunwind.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/tsc.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/tsc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53c6adf8ea6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/tsc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include "../../../util/tsc.h"
+
+u64 rdtsc(void)
+{
+	u64 val;
+
+	asm volatile("mrs %0, cntvct_el0" : "=r" (val));
+
+	return val;
+}
-- 
2.17.1