Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: apic LVTT - use APIC_DIVISOR on 64bit mode

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat Jul 12 2008 - 03:39:33 EST



* Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> @@ -329,7 +332,7 @@ static void __init calibrate_APIC_clock(
> *
> * No interrupt enable !
> */
> - __setup_APIC_LVTT(250000000, 0, 0);
> + __setup_APIC_LVTT(4000000000, 0, 0);

note how close it is to 2^32. For this to be unifiable later on this
needs to be UL i guess, and this:

> - calibration_result = result / HZ;
> + calibration_result = result * APIC_DIVISOR / HZ;

might overflow 32 bits.

Ingo
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