From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>,
Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@kernel.org>,
Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@enneenne.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: Support inlined clocksource reads for the arch counter
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 16:19:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261002151938.69857-2-dwmw2@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261002151938.69857-1-dwmw2@infradead.org>
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Commit 2e27beeb66e43 ("timekeeping: Allow inlining clocksource::read()")
allows an architecture's clocksource::read() to be inlined, and was only
wired up for x86_64 thus far in commit b27801189f7fc ("x86: Inline TSC
reads in timekeeping").
Add the corresponding ARCH_WANTS_CLOCKSOURCE_READ_INLINE support for the
arm64 arch counter, allowing the indirect clock->read() call in the fast
paths to be replaced with a direct sysreg read. A static key selects
CNTPCT vs CNTVCT as appropriate, and the inline support is only
advertised for the plain (no erratum workaround) read paths.
Measured on a Cortex-A53 at 1.35GHz (12.5MHz arch counter): the
interval from a raw counter read in the caller to the counter read
inside ktime_get_real_ts64() drops from 30.2ns to 23.4ns, mean of 1M
iterations. Every ktime_get*() user of tk_clock_read() benefits
similarly. Except ktime_get_snapshot_id(), which I shall get to shortly.
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Assisted-by: LLM
---
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/clock_inlined.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/clock_inlined.h
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index b5a51b0ef944..25795b87cd41 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ config ARM64
select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
select ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE if ARM64_4K_PAGES || (ARM64_16K_PAGES && !ARM64_VA_BITS_36)
select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
+ select ARCH_WANTS_CLOCKSOURCE_READ_INLINE
select ARCH_WANTS_EXECMEM_LATE
select ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR
select ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP if ARM64_4K_PAGES
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/clock_inlined.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/clock_inlined.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe997412bc7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/clock_inlined.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _ASM_ARM64_CLOCK_INLINED_H
+#define _ASM_ARM64_CLOCK_INLINED_H
+
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
+#include <asm/arch_timer.h>
+
+struct clocksource;
+
+/*
+ * Set by the arch timer driver when it selects the physical counter
+ * (kernel booted at EL2); otherwise the virtual counter is used. The
+ * driver only advertises CLOCK_SOURCE_CAN_INLINE_READ when it selected
+ * a plain (no erratum workaround) sysreg read matching this function.
+ */
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(arch_timer_inline_read_pct);
+
+static __always_inline u64 arch_inlined_clocksource_read(struct clocksource *cs)
+{
+ if (static_branch_likely(&arch_timer_inline_read_pct))
+ return __arch_counter_get_cntpct();
+
+ return __arch_counter_get_cntvct();
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
index cc9a8b399004..1c3d503d881a 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ static noinstr u64 arch_counter_get_cntvct(void)
u64 (*arch_timer_read_counter)(void) __ro_after_init = arch_counter_get_cntvct;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(arch_timer_read_counter);
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+#include <asm/clock_inlined.h>
+
+/* Selects CNTPCT in arch_inlined_clocksource_read() */
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(arch_timer_inline_read_pct);
+#endif
+
static u64 arch_counter_read(struct clocksource *cs)
{
return arch_timer_read_counter();
@@ -917,6 +924,15 @@ static void __init arch_counter_register(void)
} else {
rd = arch_counter_get_cntvct;
scr = arch_counter_get_cntvct;
+ /*
+ * A plain sysreg read with no erratum workaround
+ * matches arch_inlined_clocksource_read(); allow the
+ * core timekeeping code to bypass the indirect call.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+ clocksource_counter.flags |=
+ CLOCK_SOURCE_CAN_INLINE_READ;
+#endif
}
} else {
if (arch_timer_counter_has_wa()) {
@@ -925,6 +941,11 @@ static void __init arch_counter_register(void)
} else {
rd = arch_counter_get_cntpct;
scr = arch_counter_get_cntpct;
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+ static_branch_enable(&arch_timer_inline_read_pct);
+ clocksource_counter.flags |=
+ CLOCK_SOURCE_CAN_INLINE_READ;
+#endif
}
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-02 15:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-02 15:19 [PATCH 0/2] Optimise ktime_get_snapshot_id() for capture latency David Woodhouse
2026-10-02 15:19 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2026-10-02 16:36 ` [PATCH 1/2] arm64: Support inlined clocksource reads for the arch counter Mark Rutland
2026-10-02 15:19 ` [PATCH 2/2] timekeeping: Use inlined counter read in ktime_get_snapshot_id() David Woodhouse
2026-10-02 16:41 ` [PATCH 0/2] Optimise ktime_get_snapshot_id() for capture latency Mark Rutland
2026-10-02 17:11 ` David Woodhouse
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