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29 #include <sys/appleapiopts.h>
30 #include <machine/cpu_capabilities.h>
36 .globl _mach_approximate_time
37 _mach_approximate_time:
39 movw r0, #((_COMM_PAGE_APPROX_TIME_SUPPORTED>>0)&0x0FFFF)
40 movt r0, #((_COMM_PAGE_APPROX_TIME_SUPPORTED>>16)&0x0FFFF)
41 ldrb r0, [r0] // load COMM_PAGE_APPROX_TIME_SUPPORTED
42 cmp r0, #1 // check if approx time is supported
44 bne _mach_absolute_time // if not supported, fall through to
47 movw r2, #((_COMM_PAGE_APPROX_TIME>>0)&0x0FFFF)
48 movt r2, #((_COMM_PAGE_APPROX_TIME>>16)&0x0FFFF)
50 // at this point, r2->COMM_PAGE_APPROX_TIME, which is a 64-bit value.
51 // Since this is a 32-bit architecture, and the commpage is readonly,
52 // there is no "guaranteed" atomic way to read all 64-bits with
53 // hardware protection. Even the ldrd instruction is not guaranteed to
54 // complete atomically. The solution is to use a 32-bit high/low/high
55 // read with a consistency check on the high bits. To further
56 // complicate things, reading the same location in memory back to back
57 // could trigger a predictive read, which would defeat the purpose of
58 // doing the consistency check so we insert a data memory barrier to
61 ldr r1, [r2,#4] // load high
62 ldr r0, [r2] // load low
63 dsb // avoid predictive reads that could
64 // be invalid if interrupted
65 ldr r3, [r2,#4] // load high again
66 cmp r1, r3 // check that high1 == high2
67 bne _consistency_check // try again if not
70 #elif defined(__i386__)
74 .globl _mach_approximate_time
75 _mach_approximate_time:
76 pushl %ebp // push a frame
78 cmpb $0, _COMM_PAGE_APPROX_TIME_SUPPORTED // check commpage
79 // "is supported" flag.
80 je _approx_time_not_supported // if zero, fall through to
82 // note the comment above for 32-bit ARM applies equally to 32-bit i386.
84 _approx_time_consistency_check:
85 movl _COMM_PAGE_APPROX_TIME+4, %edx // load high
86 movl _COMM_PAGE_APPROX_TIME, %eax // load low
87 lfence // avoid predictive reads that
88 // could be invalid if
90 cmpl _COMM_PAGE_APPROX_TIME+4, %edx // load high and check if equal
92 jne _approx_time_consistency_check // if not, try again.
96 _approx_time_not_supported:
98 jmp _mach_absolute_time