[PATCH 2/3] arm64: Fix __arch_get_hw_counter() implementation

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Provide the following fixes for the __arch_get_hw_counter()
implementation on arm64:
 - Fallback on syscall when an unstable counter is detected.
 - Introduce isb()s before and after the counter read to avoid
   speculation of the counter value and of the seq lock
   respectively.
   The second isb() is a temporary solution that will be revisited
   in 5.3-rc1.

These fixes restore the semantics that __arch_counter_get_cntvct()
had on arm64.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h
index 447ef417de45..b08f476b72b4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso/gettimeofday.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/time.h>
 
+#define __VDSO_USE_SYSCALL		ULLONG_MAX
+
 #define VDSO_HAS_CLOCK_GETRES		1
 
 static __always_inline
@@ -68,7 +70,24 @@ static __always_inline u64 __arch_get_hw_counter(s32 clock_mode)
 {
 	u64 res;
 
+	/*
+	 * clock_mode == 0 implies that vDSO are enabled otherwise
+	 * fallback on syscall.
+	 */
+	if (clock_mode)
+		return __VDSO_USE_SYSCALL;
+
+	/*
+	 * This isb() is required to prevent that the counter value
+	 * is speculated.
+	 */
+	isb();
 	asm volatile("mrs %0, cntvct_el0" : "=r" (res) :: "memory");
+	/*
+	 * This isb() is required to prevent that the seq lock is
+	 * speculated.#
+	 */
+	isb();
 
 	return res;
 }
-- 
2.22.0




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