[PATCH v2 01/10] ARC: timer: rtc: implement read loop in "C" vs. inline asm

[Vineet Gupta]

The current code doesn't even compile ....

CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/arc/kernel/time.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
index f927b8dc6edd..1a117b999c0c 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
@@ -152,14 +152,17 @@ static cycle_t arc_read_rtc(struct clocksource *cs)
 		cycle_t  full;
 	} stamp;
 
-
-	__asm__ __volatile(
-	"1:						\n"
-	"	lr		%0, [AUX_RTC_LOW]	\n"
-	"	lr		%1, [AUX_RTC_HIGH]	\n"
-	"	lr		%2, [AUX_RTC_CTRL]	\n"
-	"	bbit0.nt	%2, 31, 1b		\n"
-	: "=r" (stamp.low), "=r" (stamp.high), "=r" (status));
+        /*
+         * hardware has an internal state machine which tracks readout of
+         * low/high and updates the CTRL.status if
+         *  - interrupt/exception taken between the two reads
+         *  - high increments after low has been read
+         */
+	do {
+		stamp.low = read_aux_reg(AUX_RTC_LOW);
+		stamp.high = read_aux_reg(AUX_RTC_HIGH);
+		status = read_aux_reg(AUX_RTC_CTRL);
+	} while (!(status & _BITUL(31)));
 
 	return stamp.full;
 }
-- 
2.7.4