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arm64: use generic timer virtual counter for cycles()

We used to use performance cycle counter for cycles(),
but it is kind of useless in userspace as each core
has its own counter and hence not comparable between
cores. Also, the cycle counter stops counting when
the cores are idle.

Most callers expect cycles() to return a high resolution
timestamp instead, so do the best we can do here
and enable the userspace generic timer virtual counter.

--- a/sys/man/2/cputime

+++ b/sys/man/2/cputime

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@

 Currently supported architectures are

 .BR 386 ,

 .BR amd64 ,

+.B arm64

 and

 .BR power ;

 on all others,

--- a/sys/src/9/bcm64/clock.c

+++ b/sys/src/9/bcm64/clock.c

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@

  * bcm283[56] timers

  *	System timers run at 1MHz (timers 1 and 2 are used by GPU)

  *	ARM timer usually runs at 250MHz (may be slower in low power modes)

- *	Cycle counter runs at 700MHz (unless overclocked)

  *    All are free-running up-counters

  *

  * Use system timer 3 (64 bits) for hzclock interrupts and fastticks

@@ -9,7 +8,8 @@

  *   For smp on bcm2836, use local generic timer for interrupts on cpu1-3

  * Use ARM timer (32 bits) for perfticks

  * Use ARM timer to force immediate interrupt

- * Use cycle counter for cycles()

+ * Use performance cycle counter for lcycles()

+ * Use generic timer virtual counter for cycles()

  */

 #include "u.h"

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@

 	syswr(PMCR_EL0, 1<<6 | 7);

 	syswr(PMCNTENSET, 1<<31);

 	syswr(PMUSERENR_EL0, 1<<2);

+	syswr(CNTKCTL_EL1, 1<<1);

 	syswr(CNTP_TVAL_EL0, ~0UL);

 	if(m->machno == 0){

@@ -147,7 +148,19 @@

 	t1 -= t0;

 	m->cpuhz = 100 * t1;

 	m->cpumhz = (m->cpuhz + Mhz/2 - 1) / Mhz;

-	m->cyclefreq = m->cpuhz;

+

+	/*

+	 * Cyclefreq used to be the same as cpuhz as

+	 * we where using the PMCCNTR_EL0 which counts

+	 * per core cpu cycles. But is is kind of useless

+	 * in userspace because each core has a differnet

+	 * counter and it stops when the core is idle (WFI).

+	 * So we change it to use the generic timer

+	 * virtual counter register CNTVCT_EL0 instead

+	 * running at the same frequency as system timer.

+	 * (CNTFRQ_EL0 is WRONG on raspberry pi).

+	 */

+	m->cyclefreq = SystimerFreq;

 	if(m->machno == 0){

 		tn->cs = 1<<3;

--- a/sys/src/9/bcm64/sysreg.h

+++ b/sys/src/9/bcm64/sysreg.h

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@

 #define PMUSERENR_EL0			SYSREG(3,3,9,14,0)

 #define CNTPCT_EL0			SYSREG(3,3,14,0,1)

+#define CNTVCT_EL0			SYSREG(3,3,14,0,2)

+#define CNTKCTL_EL1			SYSREG(3,0,14,1,0)

 #define CNTP_TVAL_EL0			SYSREG(3,3,14,2,0)

 #define CNTP_CTL_EL0			SYSREG(3,3,14,2,1)

 #define CNTP_CVAL_EL0			SYSREG(3,3,14,2,2)

--- a/sys/src/libc/arm64/cycles.s

+++ b/sys/src/libc/arm64/cycles.s

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@

 #define	SYSREG(op0,op1,Cn,Cm,op2)	SPR(((op0)<<19|(op1)<<16|(Cn)<<12|(Cm)<<8|(op2)<<5))

-#define PMCCNTR_EL0			SYSREG(3,3,9,13,0)

+#define CNTVCT_EL0			SYSREG(3,3,14,0,2)

 TEXT cycles(SB), 1, $-4

-	MRS	PMCCNTR_EL0, R1

+	MRS	CNTVCT_EL0, R1

 	MOV	R1, (R0)

 	RETURN

-- 

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