Re: [PATCH v3] x86/hpet: Reduce HPET counter read contention

From: kbuild test robot
Date: Mon Apr 11 2016 - 16:22:48 EST


Hi Waiman,

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url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Waiman-Long/x86-hpet-Reduce-HPET-counter-read-contention/20160412-041402
config: x86_64-randconfig-x011-201615 (attached as .config)
reproduce:
# save the attached .config to linux build tree
make ARCH=x86_64

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c:786:3: warning: 'hpet_save' defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
} hpet_save;
^

vim +/hpet_save +786 arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c

770 * If multiple CPUs are trying to access the HPET counter at the same time,
771 * we don't actually need to read the counter multiple times. Instead, the
772 * other CPUs can use the counter value read by the first CPU in the group.
773 *
774 * A sequence number whose lsb is a lock bit is used to control which CPU
775 * has the right to read the HPET counter directly and which CPUs are going
776 * to get the indirect value read by the lock holder. For the later group,
777 * if the sequence number differs from the expected locked value, they
778 * can assume that the saved HPET value is up-to-date and return it.
779 */
780 static struct {
781 /* Sequence number + bit lock */
782 int seq ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
783
784 /* Current HPET value */
785 u32 hpet ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
> 786 } hpet_save;
787 #define HPET_SEQ_LOCKED(seq) ((seq) & 1) /* Odd == locked */
788
789 /*
790 * Clock source related code
791 */
792 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
793 static cycle_t read_hpet(struct clocksource *cs)
794 {

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