2 * vvar.h: Shared vDSO/kernel variable declarations
3 * Copyright (c) 2011 Andy Lutomirski
4 * Subject to the GNU General Public License, version 2
6 * A handful of variables are accessible (read-only) from userspace
7 * code in the vsyscall page and the vdso. They are declared here.
8 * Some other file must define them with DEFINE_VVAR.
10 * In normal kernel code, they are used like any other variable.
11 * In user code, they are accessed through the VVAR macro.
13 * Each of these variables lives in the vsyscall page, and each
14 * one needs a unique offset within the little piece of the page
15 * reserved for vvars. Specify that offset in DECLARE_VVAR.
16 * (There are 896 bytes available. If you mess up, the linker will
20 /* Offset of vars within vsyscall page */
21 #define VSYSCALL_VARS_OFFSET (3072 + 128)
23 #if defined(__VVAR_KERNEL_LDS)
25 /* The kernel linker script defines its own magic to put vvars in the
28 #define DECLARE_VVAR(offset, type, name) \
29 EMIT_VVAR(name, VSYSCALL_VARS_OFFSET + offset)
33 #define DECLARE_VVAR(offset, type, name) \
34 static type const * const vvaraddr_ ## name = \
35 (void *)(VSYSCALL_START + VSYSCALL_VARS_OFFSET + (offset));
37 #define DEFINE_VVAR(type, name) \
38 type __vvar_ ## name \
39 __attribute__((section(".vsyscall_var_" #name), aligned(16)))
41 #define VVAR(name) (*vvaraddr_ ## name)
45 /* DECLARE_VVAR(offset, type, name) */
47 DECLARE_VVAR(0, volatile unsigned long, jiffies)
48 DECLARE_VVAR(8, int, vgetcpu_mode)
49 DECLARE_VVAR(128, struct vsyscall_gtod_data, vsyscall_gtod_data)
52 #undef VSYSCALL_VARS_OFFSET