MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("user-mode access to performance registers");
int __init arm_init(void)
{
unsigned int value;
/* enable user-mode access */
printk(KERN_INFO "enable user-mode access\n");
asm ("MCR p15, 0, %0, C9, C14, 0\n\t" :: "r"(1));
/* Reading the value here--just to check */
asm ("MRC p15, 0, %0, c9, c14, 0\t\n": "=r"(value));
printk("value: %d\n", value);
/* disable counter overflow interrupts (just in case)*/
printk(KERN_INFO "disable counter overflow interrupts (just in case)\n");
asm ("MCR p15, 0, %0, C9, C14, 2\n\t" :: "r"(0x8000000f));
printk(KERN_INFO "user-mode access to performance registers enabled\n");
return 0;
}
void arm_exit(void)
{
unsigned int value;
asm ("MRC p15, 0, %0, c9, c14, 0\t\n": "=r"(value));
printk("value: %d\n", value);
printk(KERN_INFO "user-mode access to performance registers disabled\n");
}
module_init(arm_init);
module_exit(arm_exit);
In init module read gives 1, but in cleanup module reading the variable gives 0. Any idea how does it get updated ?
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