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authorSandrine Bailleux <sandrine.bailleux@arm.com>2018-12-20 14:44:13 +0100
committerSandrine Bailleux <sandrine.bailleux@arm.com>2018-12-20 16:29:19 +0100
commitd01a4c64411249d6011f1690f1cea15f106198e4 (patch)
treea28e0cc86597fe7c0cf1f056c389f276fa68d957
parent0d8a473144b608fc3812dae5602d73e5724da741 (diff)
downloadtf-a-tests-d01a4c64411249d6011f1690f1cea15f106198e4.tar.gz
Introduce syscounter_read() helper function
syscounter_read() reads the system counter value. It encapsulates the instruction barrier required to get an accurate timestamp for any time-sensitive related operation. Change-Id: Ib2cfe7789ee1471e614140d425d29ab5c8d306ea Signed-off-by: Sandrine Bailleux <sandrine.bailleux@arm.com>
-rw-r--r--include/lib/aarch32/arch_helpers.h12
-rw-r--r--include/lib/aarch64/arch_helpers.h12
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/lib/aarch32/arch_helpers.h b/include/lib/aarch32/arch_helpers.h
index ee7ed3145..3e6e6f9cc 100644
--- a/include/lib/aarch32/arch_helpers.h
+++ b/include/lib/aarch32/arch_helpers.h
@@ -442,4 +442,16 @@ static inline void disable_fiq(void)
void disable_mmu_icache(void);
+/* Read the count value of the system counter. */
+static inline uint64_t syscounter_read(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * The instruction barrier is needed to guarantee that we read an
+ * accurate value. Otherwise, the CPU might speculatively read it and
+ * return a stale value.
+ */
+ isb();
+ return read64_cntpct();
+}
+
#endif /* ARCH_HELPERS_H */
diff --git a/include/lib/aarch64/arch_helpers.h b/include/lib/aarch64/arch_helpers.h
index 1d9202d04..053f8ba67 100644
--- a/include/lib/aarch64/arch_helpers.h
+++ b/include/lib/aarch64/arch_helpers.h
@@ -468,4 +468,16 @@ static inline uint64_t el_implemented(unsigned int el)
}
}
+/* Read the count value of the system counter. */
+static inline uint64_t syscounter_read(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * The instruction barrier is needed to guarantee that we read an
+ * accurate value. Otherwise, the CPU might speculatively read it and
+ * return a stale value.
+ */
+ isb();
+ return read_cntpct_el0();
+}
+
#endif /* ARCH_HELPERS_H */