[PATCH v9 6/6] ARM: add CONFIG_VDSO Kconfig and Makefile bits

Nathan Lynch nathan_lynch at mentor.com
Fri Aug 22 14:52:31 PDT 2014


Allow users to enable the vdso in Kconfig; include the vdso in the
build if CONFIG_VDSO is enabled.  Add 'vdso_install' target.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <nathan_lynch at mentor.com>
---
 arch/arm/Makefile        |  8 ++++++++
 arch/arm/kernel/Makefile |  1 +
 arch/arm/mm/Kconfig      | 15 +++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index 0ce9d0f71f2a..109c011ef4ed 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ core-$(CONFIG_FPE_FASTFPE)	+= $(FASTFPE_OBJ)
 core-$(CONFIG_VFP)		+= arch/arm/vfp/
 core-$(CONFIG_XEN)		+= arch/arm/xen/
 core-$(CONFIG_KVM_ARM_HOST) 	+= arch/arm/kvm/
+core-$(CONFIG_VDSO)		+= arch/arm/vdso/
 
 # If we have a machine-specific directory, then include it in the build.
 core-y				+= arch/arm/kernel/ arch/arm/mm/ arch/arm/common/
@@ -316,6 +317,12 @@ PHONY += dtbs dtbs_install
 dtbs dtbs_install: prepare scripts
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot)/dts MACHINE=$(MACHINE) $@
 
+PHONY += vdso_install
+vdso_install:
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_VDSO),y)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/arm/vdso $@
+endif
+
 # We use MRPROPER_FILES and CLEAN_FILES now
 archclean:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(boot)
@@ -340,4 +347,5 @@ define archhelp
   echo  '                  Install using (your) ~/bin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
   echo  '                  (distribution) /sbin/$(INSTALLKERNEL) or'
   echo  '                  install to $$(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo'
+  echo  '  vdso_install  - Install unstripped vdso.so to $$(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/vdso'
 endef
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
index 38ddd9f83d0e..3e2b80658344 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS)	+= perf_regs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS)	+= perf_event.o perf_event_cpu.o
 AFLAGS_iwmmxt.o			:= -Wa,-mcpu=iwmmxt
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_CPU_TOPOLOGY)  += topology.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VDSO)		+= vdso.o
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_EBSA110),y)
   obj-y		+= io.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index ae69809a9e47..c256323040d6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -824,6 +824,21 @@ config KUSER_HELPERS
 	  Say N here only if you are absolutely certain that you do not
 	  need these helpers; otherwise, the safe option is to say Y.
 
+config VDSO
+	bool "Enable vDSO for acceleration of some system calls"
+	depends on AEABI && MMU
+	default y if ARM_ARCH_TIMER
+	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
+	help
+	  Place in the process address space an ELF shared object
+	  providing fast implementations of several system calls,
+	  including gettimeofday and clock_gettime.  Systems that
+	  implement the ARM architected timer will receive maximum
+	  benefit.
+
+	  You must have glibc 2.21 or later for programs to seamlessly
+	  take advantage of this.
+
 config DMA_CACHE_RWFO
 	bool "Enable read/write for ownership DMA cache maintenance"
 	depends on CPU_V6K && SMP
-- 
1.9.3




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