I am writing a Linux kernel module to read dump local APIC timer registers.
I am using Ubuntu 16.04 desktop on X86_64 platform.
X2APIC is disabled, and nohz=off in grub.cfg.
I am using following codes to read APIC timer registers.
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/time.h>
#include <asm/string.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
#include <linux/ktime.h>
#include <asm/apic.h>
void read_apic_timer(void)
{
printk("APIC_TDCR = 0x%x\n", apic_read(APIC_TDCR));
printk("APIC_TMICT = 0x%x\n", apic_read(APIC_TMICT));
printk("APIC_TMCCT = 0x%x\n", apic_read(APIC_TMCCT));
}
static int __init timer_init(void)
{
read_apic_timer();
return 0;
}
static void __exit timer_exit(void)
{
printk("module uninstalling\n");
}
module_init(timer_init);
module_exit(timer_exit);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
And I got these,
[ 5619.047497] APIC_TDCR = 0x0
[ 5619.047498] APIC_TMICT = 0x0
[ 5619.047499] APIC_TMCCT = 0x0
To my surprise, initial counter and current counter are all 0, is it correct?
Or did I miss something or make something wrong?
I think I get the answer. It is because the CPU supports TSC deadline feature/mode for LAPIC timer. In this mode, APIC_TDCR/TMICT/TMCCT are not being used. That is it.