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[PATCHv4,11/14] arm64: arm_generic: prevent reading stale time

Message ID 1358271931-7761-12-git-send-email-mark.rutland@arm.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Mark Rutland Jan. 15, 2013, 5:45 p.m. UTC
Currently arch_counter_get_cnt{p,v}ct can be speculated, allowing for
stale time values to be read. This could be problematic for the delay
loop and other sensitive functions, as the time delta could jump around
unexpectedly.

This patch adds isbs to arch_counter_get_cnt{p,v}ct, preventing this
possibility.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
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 arch/arm64/include/asm/arm_generic.h |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arm_generic.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arm_generic.h
index df2aeb8..6ece2f1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arm_generic.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arm_generic.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@  static inline cycle_t arch_counter_get_cntpct(void)
 {
 	cycle_t cval;
 
+	isb();
 	asm volatile("mrs %0, cntpct_el0" : "=r" (cval));
 
 	return cval;
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@  static inline cycle_t arch_counter_get_cntvct(void)
 {
 	cycle_t cval;
 
+	isb();
 	asm volatile("mrs %0, cntvct_el0" : "=r" (cval));
 
 	return cval;