[PATCH 2/3] arm64: Fix __arch_get_hw_counter() implementation

Vincenzo Frascino
2019-06-25T16:18:46Z

Provide the following fixes for the __arch_get_hw_counter()
implementation on arm64:
- Fallback on syscall when an unstable counter is detected.
- Introduce isb()s before and after the counter read to avoid
speculation of the counter value and of the seq lock
respectively.
The second isb() is a temporary solution that will be revisited
in 5.3-rc1.

These fixes restore the semantics that __arch_counter_get_cntvct()
had on arm64.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h
index 447ef417de45..b08f476b72b4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
#include <asm/unistd.h>
#include <uapi/linux/time.h>

+#define __VDSO_USE_SYSCALL ULLONG_MAX
+
#define VDSO_HAS_CLOCK_GETRES 1

static __always_inline
@@ -68,7 +70,24 @@ static __always_inline u64 __arch_get_hw_counter(s32 clock_mode)
{
u64 res;

+ /*
+ * clock_mode == 0 implies that vDSO are enabled otherwise
+ * fallback on syscall.
+ */
+ if (clock_mode)
+ return __VDSO_USE_SYSCALL;
+
+ /*
+ * This isb() is required to prevent that the counter value
+ * is speculated.
+ */
+ isb();
asm volatile("mrs %0, cntvct_el0" : "=r" (res) :: "memory");
+ /*
+ * This isb() is required to prevent that the seq lock is
+ * speculated.#
+ */
+ isb();

return res;
}
--
2.22.0