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authorSebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>2014-02-12 10:31:38 +0100
committerSebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>2014-02-14 10:28:29 +0100
commit24bf11eca11947d961cc9bb5f7d92dabff169e93 (patch)
treeb28f3aa8a21df91e8feaf324613aa76460559837 /cpukit/score/cpu/arm/rtems/score/cpu.h
parentbsps/arm: Fix Cortex-A9 MPCore nanoseconds handler (diff)
downloadrtems-24bf11eca11947d961cc9bb5f7d92dabff169e93.tar.bz2
score: Add CPU counter support
Add a CPU counter interface to allow access to a free-running counter. It is useful to measure short time intervals. This can be used for example to enable profiling of critical low-level functions. Add two busy wait functions rtems_counter_delay_ticks() and rtems_counter_delay_nanoseconds() implemented via the CPU counter.
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-rw-r--r--cpukit/score/cpu/arm/rtems/score/cpu.h9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cpukit/score/cpu/arm/rtems/score/cpu.h b/cpukit/score/cpu/arm/rtems/score/cpu.h
index a2498aa489..b423dbac0a 100644
--- a/cpukit/score/cpu/arm/rtems/score/cpu.h
+++ b/cpukit/score/cpu/arm/rtems/score/cpu.h
@@ -555,6 +555,15 @@ static inline uint16_t CPU_swap_u16( uint16_t value )
#endif
}
+typedef uint32_t CPU_Counter_ticks;
+
+CPU_Counter_ticks _CPU_Counter_read( void );
+
+CPU_Counter_ticks _CPU_Counter_difference(
+ CPU_Counter_ticks second,
+ CPU_Counter_ticks first
+);
+
#if CPU_PROVIDES_IDLE_THREAD_BODY == TRUE
void *_CPU_Thread_Idle_body( uintptr_t ignored );
#endif