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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2015 Cavium, Inc
+ */
#ifndef _RTE_CYCLES_ARM64_H_
#define _RTE_CYCLES_ARM64_H_
* @return
* The time base for this lcore.
*/
+#ifndef RTE_ARM_EAL_RDTSC_USE_PMU
+/**
+ * This call is portable to any ARMv8 architecture, however, typically
+ * cntvct_el0 runs at <= 100MHz and it may be imprecise for some tasks.
+ */
static inline uint64_t
rte_rdtsc(void)
{
asm volatile("mrs %0, cntvct_el0" : "=r" (tsc));
return tsc;
}
+#else
+/**
+ * This is an alternative method to enable rte_rdtsc() with high resolution
+ * PMU cycles counter.The cycle counter runs at cpu frequency and this scheme
+ * uses ARMv8 PMU subsystem to get the cycle counter at userspace, However,
+ * access to PMU cycle counter from user space is not enabled by default in
+ * arm64 linux kernel.
+ * It is possible to enable cycle counter at user space access by configuring
+ * the PMU from the privileged mode (kernel space).
+ *
+ * asm volatile("msr pmintenset_el1, %0" : : "r" ((u64)(0 << 31)));
+ * asm volatile("msr pmcntenset_el0, %0" :: "r" BIT(31));
+ * asm volatile("msr pmuserenr_el0, %0" : : "r"(BIT(0) | BIT(2)));
+ * asm volatile("mrs %0, pmcr_el0" : "=r" (val));
+ * val |= (BIT(0) | BIT(2));
+ * isb();
+ * asm volatile("msr pmcr_el0, %0" : : "r" (val));
+ *
+ */
+static inline uint64_t
+rte_rdtsc(void)
+{
+ uint64_t tsc;
+
+ asm volatile("mrs %0, pmccntr_el0" : "=r"(tsc));
+ return tsc;
+}
+#endif
static inline uint64_t
rte_rdtsc_precise(void)