[patch 1/9] Fix HPET init race

[jbohac]

Fix a race in the initialization of HPET, which might result in a 
5 minute lockup on boot.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Bohac <jbohac@xxxxxxx>

Index: linux-2.6.20-rc5/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.20-rc5.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
+++ linux-2.6.20-rc5/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
@@ -764,10 +767,12 @@ static void setup_APIC_timer(unsigned in
 
 	/* wait for irq slice */
  	if (vxtime.hpet_address && hpet_use_timer) {
- 		int trigger = hpet_readl(HPET_T0_CMP);
- 		while (hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER) >= trigger)
- 			/* do nothing */ ;
- 		while (hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER) <  trigger)
+		int trigger;
+		do
+			trigger = hpet_readl(HPET_T0_CMP);
+		while (hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER) >= trigger);
+
+		while (hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER) <  trigger)
  			/* do nothing */ ;
  	} else {
 		int c1, c2;

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