riscv: use vDSO common flow to reduce the latency of the time-related functions

Even if RISC-V has supported the vDSO feature, the latency of the functions
for obtaining the system time is still expensive. It is because these
functions still trigger a corresponding system call in the process, which
slows down the response time. If we want to remove the system call to
reduce the latency, the kernel should have the ability to output the system
clock information to userspace. This patch introduces the vDSO common flow
to enable the kernel to achieve the above feature and uses "rdtime"
instruction to obtain the current time in the user space. Under this
condition, the latency cost by the ecall from U-mode to S-mode can be
eliminated. After applying this patch, the latency of gettimeofday()
measured on the HiFive unleashed board can be reduced by %61.
Signed-off-by: Vincent Chen <vincent.chen@sifive.com>
Reviewed-by: Atish Patra <atish.patra@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@google.com>

arch/riscv/Kconfig

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ config 32BIT
 
 config RISCV
 	def_bool y
+	select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_INIT
 	select ARCH_HAS_BINFMT_FLAT
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY if SMP
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !64BIT
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
+	select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY if HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO
 	select GENERIC_IOREMAP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_MULTI_HANDLER
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER if MMU
 	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER if MMU
+	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL if MMU && 64BIT
 	select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KASAN if MMU && 64BIT
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS if MMU
 	select HAVE_EBPF_JIT if MMU
 	select HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG if FUTEX
+	select HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO if MMU && 64BIT
 	select HAVE_PCI
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_PERF_REGS

arch/riscv/include/asm/clocksource.h

+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _ASM_CLOCKSOURCE_H
+#define _ASM_CLOCKSOURCE_H
+
+#include <asm/vdso/clocksource.h>
+
+#endif

arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/const.h>
 
+#include <vdso/processor.h>
+
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 
 /*
@@ -58,16 +60,6 @@ static inline void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
 extern unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 
 
-static inline void cpu_relax(void)
-{
-#ifdef __riscv_muldiv
-	int dummy;
-	/* In lieu of a halt instruction, induce a long-latency stall. */
-	__asm__ __volatile__ ("div %0, %0, zero" : "=r" (dummy));
-#endif
-	barrier();
-}
-
 static inline void wait_for_interrupt(void)
 {
 	__asm__ __volatile__ ("wfi");

arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso.h

@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+#ifndef GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 struct vdso_data {
 };
+#endif
 
 /*
  * The VDSO symbols are mapped into Linux so we can just use regular symbol

arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/clocksource.h

+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_VDSOCLOCKSOURCE_H
+#define __ASM_VDSOCLOCKSOURCE_H
+
+#define VDSO_ARCH_CLOCKMODES	\
+	VDSO_CLOCKMODE_ARCHTIMER
+
+#endif

arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h

+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_VDSO_GETTIMEOFDAY_H
+#define __ASM_VDSO_GETTIMEOFDAY_H
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+#include <asm/unistd.h>
+#include <asm/csr.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/time.h>
+
+#define VDSO_HAS_CLOCK_GETRES	1
+
+static __always_inline
+int gettimeofday_fallback(struct __kernel_old_timeval *_tv,
+			  struct timezone *_tz)
+{
+	register struct __kernel_old_timeval *tv asm("a0") = _tv;
+	register struct timezone *tz asm("a1") = _tz;
+	register long ret asm("a0");
+	register long nr asm("a7") = __NR_gettimeofday;
+
+	asm volatile ("ecall\n"
+		      : "=r" (ret)
+		      : "r"(tv), "r"(tz), "r"(nr)
+		      : "memory");
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static __always_inline
+long clock_gettime_fallback(clockid_t _clkid, struct __kernel_timespec *_ts)
+{
+	register clockid_t clkid asm("a0") = _clkid;
+	register struct __kernel_timespec *ts asm("a1") = _ts;
+	register long ret asm("a0");
+	register long nr asm("a7") = __NR_clock_gettime;
+
+	asm volatile ("ecall\n"
+		      : "=r" (ret)
+		      : "r"(clkid), "r"(ts), "r"(nr)
+		      : "memory");
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static __always_inline
+int clock_getres_fallback(clockid_t _clkid, struct __kernel_timespec *_ts)
+{
+	register clockid_t clkid asm("a0") = _clkid;
+	register struct __kernel_timespec *ts asm("a1") = _ts;
+	register long ret asm("a0");
+	register long nr asm("a7") = __NR_clock_getres;
+
+	asm volatile ("ecall\n"
+		      : "=r" (ret)
+		      : "r"(clkid), "r"(ts), "r"(nr)
+		      : "memory");
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static __always_inline u64 __arch_get_hw_counter(s32 clock_mode)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The purpose of csr_read(CSR_TIME) is to trap the system into
+	 * M-mode to obtain the value of CSR_TIME. Hence, unlike other
+	 * architecture, no fence instructions surround the csr_read()
+	 */
+	return csr_read(CSR_TIME);
+}
+
+static __always_inline const struct vdso_data *__arch_get_vdso_data(void)
+{
+	return _vdso_data;
+}
+
+#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#endif /* __ASM_VDSO_GETTIMEOFDAY_H */

arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h

+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef __ASM_VDSO_PROCESSOR_H
+#define __ASM_VDSO_PROCESSOR_H
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+static inline void cpu_relax(void)
+{
+#ifdef __riscv_muldiv
+	int dummy;
+	/* In lieu of a halt instruction, induce a long-latency stall. */
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("div %0, %0, zero" : "=r" (dummy));
+#endif
+	barrier();
+}
+
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#endif /* __ASM_VDSO_PROCESSOR_H */

arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/vsyscall.h

+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_VDSO_VSYSCALL_H
+#define __ASM_VDSO_VSYSCALL_H
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+#include <linux/timekeeper_internal.h>
+#include <vdso/datapage.h>
+
+extern struct vdso_data *vdso_data;
+
+/*
+ * Update the vDSO data page to keep in sync with kernel timekeeping.
+ */
+static __always_inline struct vdso_data *__riscv_get_k_vdso_data(void)
+{
+	return vdso_data;
+}
+
+#define __arch_get_k_vdso_data __riscv_get_k_vdso_data
+
+/* The asm-generic header needs to be included after the definitions above */
+#include <asm-generic/vdso/vsyscall.h>
+
+#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#endif /* __ASM_VDSO_VSYSCALL_H */

arch/riscv/kernel/time.c

@@ -26,3 +26,12 @@ void __init time_init(void)
 	lpj_fine = riscv_timebase / HZ;
 	timer_probe();
 }
+
+void clocksource_arch_init(struct clocksource *cs)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
+	cs->vdso_clock_mode = VDSO_CLOCKMODE_ARCHTIMER;
+#else
+	cs->vdso_clock_mode = VDSO_CLOCKMODE_NONE;
+#endif
+}

arch/riscv/kernel/vdso.c

@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/binfmts.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
-
+#include <asm/page.h>
+#ifdef GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
+#include <vdso/datapage.h>
+#else
 #include <asm/vdso.h>
+#endif
 
 extern char vdso_start[], vdso_end[];
 
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ static union {
 	struct vdso_data	data;
 	u8			page[PAGE_SIZE];
 } vdso_data_store __page_aligned_data;
-static struct vdso_data *vdso_data = &vdso_data_store.data;
+struct vdso_data *vdso_data = &vdso_data_store.data;
 
 static int __init vdso_init(void)
 {

arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile

 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 # Copied from arch/tile/kernel/vdso/Makefile
 
+# Absolute relocation type $(ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS) needs to be defined before
+# the inclusion of generic Makefile.
+ARCH_REL_TYPE_ABS := R_RISCV_32|R_RISCV_64|R_RISCV_JUMP_SLOT
+include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile
 # Symbols present in the vdso
 vdso-syms  = rt_sigreturn
 ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-vdso-syms += gettimeofday
-vdso-syms += clock_gettime
-vdso-syms += clock_getres
+vdso-syms += vgettimeofday
 endif
 vdso-syms += getcpu
 vdso-syms += flush_icache
@@ -14,6 +16,10 @@ vdso-syms += flush_icache
 # Files to link into the vdso
 obj-vdso = $(patsubst %, %.o, $(vdso-syms)) note.o
 
+ifneq ($(c-gettimeofday-y),)
+  CFLAGS_vgettimeofday.o += -include $(c-gettimeofday-y)
+endif
+
 # Build rules
 targets := $(obj-vdso) vdso.so vdso.so.dbg vdso.lds vdso-dummy.o
 obj-vdso := $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(obj-vdso))

arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/clock_getres.S

-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 SiFive
- */
-
-#include <linux/linkage.h>
-#include <asm/unistd.h>
-
-	.text
-/* int __vdso_clock_getres(clockid_t clock_id, struct timespec *res); */
-ENTRY(__vdso_clock_getres)
-	.cfi_startproc
-	/* For now, just do the syscall. */
-	li a7, __NR_clock_getres
-	ecall
-	ret
-	.cfi_endproc
-ENDPROC(__vdso_clock_getres)

arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/clock_gettime.S

-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 SiFive
- */
-
-#include <linux/linkage.h>
-#include <asm/unistd.h>
-
-	.text
-/* int __vdso_clock_gettime(clockid_t clock_id, struct timespec *tp); */
-ENTRY(__vdso_clock_gettime)
-	.cfi_startproc
-	/* For now, just do the syscall. */
-	li a7, __NR_clock_gettime
-	ecall
-	ret
-	.cfi_endproc
-ENDPROC(__vdso_clock_gettime)

arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/gettimeofday.S

-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 SiFive
- */
-
-#include <linux/linkage.h>
-#include <asm/unistd.h>
-
-	.text
-/* int __vdso_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz); */
-ENTRY(__vdso_gettimeofday)
-	.cfi_startproc
-	/* For now, just do the syscall. */
-	li a7, __NR_gettimeofday
-	ecall
-	ret
-	.cfi_endproc
-ENDPROC(__vdso_gettimeofday)

arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S

@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Regents of the University of California
  */
+#include <asm/page.h>
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(riscv)
 
 SECTIONS
 {
+	PROVIDE(_vdso_data = . + PAGE_SIZE);
 	. = SIZEOF_HEADERS;
 
 	.hash		: { *(.hash) }			:text

arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c

+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copied from arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 ARM Ltd.
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 SiFive
+ */
+
+#include <linux/time.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+int __vdso_clock_gettime(clockid_t clock, struct __kernel_timespec *ts)
+{
+	return __cvdso_clock_gettime(clock, ts);
+}
+
+int __vdso_gettimeofday(struct __kernel_old_timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz)
+{
+	return __cvdso_gettimeofday(tv, tz);
+}
+
+int __vdso_clock_getres(clockid_t clock_id, struct __kernel_timespec *res)
+{
+	return __cvdso_clock_getres(clock_id, res);
+}