Some hardware RNGs provide a single register for obtaining random data.
Instead of signaling when new data is available, the reader must wait a
fixed amount of time between reads for new data to be generated.
timeriomem_rng implements this scheme with the period specified in
platform data or device tree.  While the period is specified in
microseconds, the implementation used a standard timer which has a
minimum delay of 1 jiffie and caused a significant bottleneck for
devices that can update at 1us.  By switching to an hrtimer, 1us periods
now only delay at most 2us per read.

Signed-off-by: Rick Altherr <ralth...@google.com>
---

Changes in v2:
- Split performance improvements into separate patch

 drivers/char/hw_random/timeriomem-rng.c | 86 +++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/timeriomem-rng.c 
b/drivers/char/hw_random/timeriomem-rng.c
index 024bdff7999f..a0faa5f05deb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/timeriomem-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/timeriomem-rng.c
@@ -21,23 +21,24 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 #include <linux/hw_random.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
-#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/ktime.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/timeriomem-rng.h>
-#include <linux/timer.h>
 
 struct timeriomem_rng_private {
        void __iomem            *io_base;
-       unsigned int            expires;
-       unsigned int            period;
+       ktime_t                 period;
        unsigned int            present:1;
 
-       struct timer_list       timer;
+       struct hrtimer          timer;
        struct completion       completion;
 
        struct hwrng            rng_ops;
@@ -48,10 +49,13 @@ static int timeriomem_rng_read(struct hwrng *hwrng, void 
*data,
 {
        struct timeriomem_rng_private *priv =
                container_of(hwrng, struct timeriomem_rng_private, rng_ops);
-       unsigned long cur;
-       s32 delay;
+       int retval = 0;
+       int period_us = ktime_to_us(priv->period);
 
-       /* The RNG provides 32-bit per read.  Ensure there is enough space. */
+       /*
+        * The RNG provides 32-bits per read.  Ensure there is enough space for
+        * at minimum one read.
+        */
        if (max < sizeof(u32))
                return 0;
 
@@ -66,33 +70,44 @@ static int timeriomem_rng_read(struct hwrng *hwrng, void 
*data,
 
        wait_for_completion(&priv->completion);
 
-       *(u32 *)data = readl(priv->io_base);
+       do {
+               /*
+                * After the first read, all additional reads will need to wait
+                * for the RNG to generate new data.  Since the period can have
+                * a wide range of values (1us to 1s have been observed), allow
+                * for 1% tolerance in the sleep time rather than a fixed value.
+                */
+               if (retval > 0)
+                       usleep_range(period_us,
+                                       period_us + min(1, period_us / 100));
+
+               *(u32 *)data = readl(priv->io_base);
+               retval += sizeof(u32);
+               data += sizeof(u32);
+               max -= sizeof(u32);
+       } while (wait && max > sizeof(u32));
 
        /*
         * Block any new callers until the RNG has had time to generate new
         * data.
         */
-       cur = jiffies;
-
-       delay = cur - priv->expires;
-       delay = priv->period - (delay % priv->period);
-
-       priv->expires = cur + delay;
        priv->present = 0;
-
        reinit_completion(&priv->completion);
-       mod_timer(&priv->timer, priv->expires);
+       hrtimer_forward_now(&priv->timer, priv->period);
+       hrtimer_restart(&priv->timer);
 
-       return 4;
+       return retval;
 }
 
-static void timeriomem_rng_trigger(unsigned long data)
+static enum hrtimer_restart timeriomem_rng_trigger(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {
        struct timeriomem_rng_private *priv
-                       = (struct timeriomem_rng_private *)data;
+               = container_of(timer, struct timeriomem_rng_private, timer);
 
        priv->present = 1;
        complete(&priv->completion);
+
+       return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }
 
 static int timeriomem_rng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
@@ -140,43 +155,33 @@ static int timeriomem_rng_probe(struct platform_device 
*pdev)
                period = pdata->period;
        }
 
-       priv->period = usecs_to_jiffies(period);
-       if (priv->period < 1) {
-               dev_err(&pdev->dev, "period is less than one jiffy\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
-
-       priv->expires   = jiffies;
-       priv->present   = 1;
-
+       priv->period = ns_to_ktime(period * NSEC_PER_USEC);
        init_completion(&priv->completion);
-       complete(&priv->completion);
-
-       setup_timer(&priv->timer, timeriomem_rng_trigger, (unsigned long)priv);
+       hrtimer_init(&priv->timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+       priv->timer.function = timeriomem_rng_trigger;
 
        priv->rng_ops.name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
        priv->rng_ops.read = timeriomem_rng_read;
 
        priv->io_base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
        if (IS_ERR(priv->io_base)) {
-               err = PTR_ERR(priv->io_base);
-               goto out_timer;
+               return PTR_ERR(priv->io_base);
        }
 
+       /* Assume random data is already available. */
+       priv->present = 1;
+       complete(&priv->completion);
+
        err = hwrng_register(&priv->rng_ops);
        if (err) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "problem registering\n");
-               goto out_timer;
+               return err;
        }
 
        dev_info(&pdev->dev, "32bits from 0x%p @ %dus\n",
                        priv->io_base, period);
 
        return 0;
-
-out_timer:
-       del_timer_sync(&priv->timer);
-       return err;
 }
 
 static int timeriomem_rng_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
@@ -184,8 +189,7 @@ static int timeriomem_rng_remove(struct platform_device 
*pdev)
        struct timeriomem_rng_private *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
        hwrng_unregister(&priv->rng_ops);
-
-       del_timer_sync(&priv->timer);
+       hrtimer_cancel(&priv->timer);
 
        return 0;
 }
-- 
2.12.2.715.g7642488e1d-goog

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