[PATCH 2/2] tracing: add high precision version of trace_clock_local() for MIPS

From: Wu Zhangjin
Date: Fri Oct 16 2009 - 07:40:17 EST


By default, trace_clock_local() call the sched_clock() to get timestamp,
in x86, there is a tsc(64bit) based sched_clock(), but in MIPS, the
sched_clock() is jiffies based, which can not give enough
precision(about 10ms with 1000 HZ). so, we need to implement a higher
precision version for MIPS.

in MIPS, there is a tsc like clock counter. based on it, we can
implement a new trace_clock_local(), but because the clock counter is
only 32bit long, we need to handle rollover for it. fortunately, there
a high-level abstraction(cyclecounter) of this action implemented in
include/linux/clocksource.h, which helps to handle the details behind,
we just use it!

Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/kernel/Makefile | 6 +++
arch/mips/kernel/trace_clock.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/mips/kernel/trace_clock.c

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile b/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile
index 8e26e9c..f228868 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ obj-y += cpu-probe.o branch.o entry.o genex.o irq.o process.o \
ptrace.o reset.o setup.o signal.o syscall.o \
time.o topology.o traps.o unaligned.o watch.o

+ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_trace_clock.o = -pg
+endif
+
obj-$(CONFIG_CEVT_BCM1480) += cevt-bcm1480.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CEVT_R4K_LIB) += cevt-r4k.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC) += cevt-smtc.o
@@ -24,6 +28,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SYNC_R4K) += sync-r4k.o
obj-$(CONFIG_STACKTRACE) += stacktrace.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += mips_ksyms.o module.o

+obj-$(CONFIG_FTRACE) += trace_clock.o
+
obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_LOONGSON2) += r4k_fpu.o r4k_switch.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32) += r4k_fpu.o r4k_switch.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64) += r4k_fpu.o r4k_switch.o
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/trace_clock.c b/arch/mips/kernel/trace_clock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..435cd56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/trace_clock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ * License. See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Lemote Inc. & DSLab, Lanzhou University, China
+ * Author: Wu Zhangjin <wuzj@xxxxxxxxxx>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+#include <asm/time.h>
+
+/*
+ * MIPS clock counter based timecounter.
+ */
+
+struct timecounter mips_tc;
+
+/*
+ * trace_clock_local(): the simplest and least coherent tracing clock.
+ *
+ * Useful for tracing that does not cross to other CPUs nor
+ * does it go through idle events.
+ */
+u64 trace_clock_local(void)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+ u64 clock;
+
+ raw_local_irq_save(flags);
+
+ preempt_disable_notrace();
+
+ clock = timecounter_read(&mips_tc);
+
+ preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace();
+
+ raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+ return clock;
+}
+
+static cycle_t mips_cc_read(const struct cyclecounter *cc)
+{
+ return read_c0_count();
+}
+
+static struct cyclecounter mips_cc = {
+ .read = mips_cc_read,
+ .mask = CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(32),
+ .shift = 32,
+};
+
+static int __init mips_timecounter_init(void)
+{
+ uint64_t mips_freq = mips_hpt_frequency;
+
+ mips_cc.mult = div_sc((unsigned long)mips_freq, NSEC_PER_SEC, 32);
+
+ timecounter_init(&mips_tc, &mips_cc, sched_clock());
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+arch_initcall(mips_timecounter_init);
--
1.6.2.1

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