Re: [PATCH v4 01/16] xen: Add support for VMware cpuid leaves

[Don Slutz <dslutz@verizon.com>]

On 09/12/14 05:49, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 11.09.14 at 21:49, <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> wrote:
>>>>


>>> +    case 0x10:
>>> +        /* (Virtual) TSC frequency in kHz. */
>>> +        *eax =  d->arch.tsc_khz;
>>> +        /* (Virtual) Bus (local apic timer) frequency in kHz. */
>>> +        *ebx = 1000000000ull / APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS / 1000ull;
>> At least 1 pair of brackets please, especially as the placement of
>> brackets affects the result of this particular calculation.
> Or simply eliminate one of the divisions using
> "1000000ull / APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS".

I am totally confused.  I am happy to go with Jan's version.

The confusion is that I get the same answer all the ways I try. This 
includes
when APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS is other values then 10.


Some facts:
1) 1000000000 takes only 30bits, I am asking it to be 64.
2) I am only making it smaller in all cases.

I have tested this on CentOS release 6.5 (Final) both 32 and 64 and
it all says they are all the same.

Here is my testing:

build1:~/tmp/zz-div>p /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.5 (Final)
build1:~/tmp/zz-div>uname -a
Linux build1 2.6.32-431.el6.i686 #1 SMP Fri Nov 22 00:26:36 UTC 2013 
i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
build1:~/tmp/zz-div>cat zz-div.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

int main(void)
{
     uint32_t ebx1, ebx2, ebx3, ebx4, ebx5;
     uint32_t start = 1000000000ull;
     uint32_t APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS;

     printf("start=0x%x, %d\n\n", start, start);
     for ( APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS = 1; APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS < 10000; 
APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS++ )
     {
         ebx1 = 1000000000ull / APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS / 1000ull;
         ebx2 = (1000000000ull / APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS) / 1000ull;
         ebx3 = 1000000000ull / (APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS * 1000ull);
         ebx4 = 1000000000ull / 1000ull / APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS;
         ebx5 = 1000000ull / APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS;

         if ( ebx1 != ebx2 ||
              ebx1 != ebx3 ||
              ebx1 != ebx4 ||
              ebx1 != ebx5 )
         {
             printf("APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS=%d:\n", APIC_BUS_CYCLE_NS);
             printf(" ebx1=0x%x, %d\n", ebx1, ebx1);
             printf(" ebx2=0x%x, %d\n", ebx2, ebx2);
             printf(" ebx3=0x%x, %d\n", ebx3, ebx3);
             printf(" ebx4=0x%x, %d\n", ebx4, ebx4);
             printf(" ebx5=0x%x, %d\n", ebx5, ebx5);
         }
     }

     return 0;
}

/*
  * Local variables:
  * mode: C
  * c-file-style: "BSD"
  * c-basic-offset: 4
  * indent-tabs-mode: nil
  * End:
  */
build1:~/tmp/zz-div>gcc -g -o zz-div zz-div.c
build1:~/tmp/zz-div>./zz-div
start=0x3b9aca00, 1000000000

build1:~/tmp/zz-div>


    -Don Slutz




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