[PATCH][PPC32] Optimize/fix timer_interrupt loop

[Matt Porter]

The following patch fixes the situation where the loop condition could
generate a next_dec of zero while exiting the loop.  This is suboptimal
on Classic PPC because it forces another interrupt to occur and
reenter the handler. It is fatal on Book E cores, because their
decrementer is stopped when writing a zero (Classic interrupts on
a 0->-1 transition, Book E interrupts on a 1->0 transition). Instead,
stay in the loop on a next_dec==0.

Signed-off-by: Matt Porter <mporter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

===== arch/ppc/kernel/time.c 1.29 vs edited =====
--- 1.29/arch/ppc/kernel/time.c	Tue Jun 22 12:05:08 2004
+++ edited/arch/ppc/kernel/time.c	Tue Aug  3 13:32:22 2004
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 
 	irq_enter();
 
-	while ((next_dec = tb_ticks_per_jiffy - tb_delta(&jiffy_stamp)) < 0) {
+	while ((next_dec = tb_ticks_per_jiffy - tb_delta(&jiffy_stamp)) <= 0) {
 		jiffy_stamp += tb_ticks_per_jiffy;
 		
 		ppc_do_profile(regs);
-
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