Re: [PATCH 1/2] MN10300: Move asm-arm/cnt32_to_63.h toinclude/linux/

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 08:03 -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 17:48 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> > > Move asm-arm/cnt32_to_63.h to include/linux/ so that MN10300 can make use of it
> > > too.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > 
> > >  arch/arm/mach-pxa/time.c       |    2 +
> > >  arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.c |    2 +
> > >  arch/arm/mach-versatile/core.c |    2 +
> > >  include/linux/cnt32_to_63.h    |   80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  4 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >  create mode 100644 include/linux/cnt32_to_63.h
> > 
> > Didn't you forget to remove the old one?
> > 
> > 
> > > +#define cnt32_to_63(cnt_lo) \
> > > +({ \
> > > +	static volatile u32 __m_cnt_hi; \
> > > +	union cnt32_to_63 __x; \
> > > +	__x.hi = __m_cnt_hi; \
> > > +	__x.lo = (cnt_lo); \
> > > +	if (unlikely((s32)(__x.hi ^ __x.lo) < 0)) \
> > > +		__m_cnt_hi = __x.hi = (__x.hi ^ 0x80000000) + (__x.hi >> 31); \
> > > +	__x.val; \
> > > +})
> > > +
> > > +#endif
> > 
> > That code is way to smart :-)
> > 
> > Better make sure that non of its users are SMP capable though.
> 
> Why would that matter?

It has a local static variable and no synchronization. Also, if the
counters differ per cpu the value of __m_cnt_hi ought to be different
per cpu.



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