arm64: vdso: Use __arch_counter_get_cntvct()
While reading how `cntvct_el0` was read in the kernel, I found that __arch_get_hw_counter() is doing something very similar to what __arch_counter_get_cntvct() is already doing. Use the existing __arch_counter_get_cntvct() function instead of duplicating similar inline assembly code in __arch_get_hw_counter(). Both functions were performing nearly identical operations to read the cntvct_el0 register. The only difference was that __arch_get_hw_counter() included a memory clobber in its inline assembly, which appears unnecessary in this context. This change simplifies the code by eliminating duplicate functionality and improves maintainability by centralizing the counter access logic in a single implementation. Signed-off-by:Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250407-arm-vdso-v1-1-7012de25b195@debian.org Signed-off-by:
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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