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From: schen@mvista.com (Steve Chen)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm: remove unused code in delay.S
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:29:21 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1253017761.3273.117.camel@linux-1lbu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090915103739.GA19519@elf.ucw.cz>

On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 12:37 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > >> > Because then you get it whenever you configure for V4 as the lowest
> > >> > denominator CPU, which leads to the buggy behaviour on better CPUs.
> > >> > It's far better to leave it as is and just accept that the old CPUs
> > >> > will have longer than necessary delays.  If people really really
> > >> > care (and there's likely to only be a small minority of them now)
> > >> > changing the '0' to a '1' is a very simple change for them to carry
> > >> > in their local tree.  Unlike getting the right unrolling etc.
> > >>
> > >> Well, they can also 'git revert' this patch. If somebody really cares
> > >> I think they should shout now and provide a better patch, otherwise
> > >> this one should be merged.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, having the code there as it currently stands is not
> > > harmful in any way, so leaving it there is just as easy.
> > 
> > It makes the code less understandable. I'm not sure about linux's
> > practices, but an #if 0 generally means somebody is being lazy.
> 
> Not in this case, as you was explained to you. You may want to add
> explaining comment above #if 0....
> 								Pavel

Perhaps we can document with something like..

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index aef63c8..ca8d535 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -813,6 +813,14 @@ config ARM_ERRATA_460075
 	  ACTLR register. Note that setting specific bits in the ACTLR
register
 	  may not be available in non-secure mode.
 
+config OLD_CPU_DELAY
+	depends on CPU_32v3 || CPU_32v4 || CPU_32v4T
+	bool "Accurate delays for older CPU"
+	def_bool n
+	help
+	  Enable if observing longer than expected delays and need more
+	  accurate delays on older CPUs.
+
 endmenu
 
 source "arch/arm/common/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/delay.S b/arch/arm/lib/delay.S
index 8d6a876..8b3fa63 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/delay.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/delay.S
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ENTRY(__const_udelay)				@ 0 <= r0 <= 0x7fffff06
 @ Delay routine
 ENTRY(__delay)
 		subs	r0, r0, #1
-#if 0
+#if CONFIG_OLD_CPU_DELAY
 		movls	pc, lr
 		subs	r0, r0, #1
 		movls	pc, lr

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-09-15 12:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-13 21:05 [PATCH] arm: remove unused code in delay.S Felipe Contreras
2009-09-13 21:28 ` Marek Vasut
2009-09-13 23:00   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-09-14  0:21     ` Jamie Lokier
2009-09-14  8:10       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-09-14 12:58         ` Felipe Contreras
2009-09-14 14:00           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-09-14 14:38             ` Felipe Contreras
2009-09-14 14:40               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-09-14 15:14                 ` Felipe Contreras
2009-09-14 15:21                   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-09-14 15:50                     ` Felipe Contreras
2009-09-14 16:25                       ` Marek Vasut
2009-09-14 16:54                         ` Felipe Contreras
2009-09-14 15:36                   ` Wolfram Sang
2009-09-14 16:06                     ` Felipe Contreras
2009-09-14 16:24                       ` Wolfram Sang
2009-09-15 10:37                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-09-15 10:47                     ` Felipe Contreras
2009-09-15 10:49                       ` Pavel Machek
2009-09-15 11:20                         ` Felipe Contreras
2009-09-15 12:29                     ` Steve Chen [this message]
2009-09-15 13:41                       ` Marek Vasut
2009-09-15 16:30                         ` Steve Chen
2009-09-15 18:58                           ` Felipe Contreras
2009-09-15 19:44                             ` Steve Chen
2009-09-15 20:39                               ` Marek Vasut
2009-09-15 21:04                               ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-09-15 22:26                                 ` Steve Chen
2009-09-15 22:47                                   ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-09-16  8:26                                     ` Steve Chen
2009-09-16 12:30                                       ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-09-16 14:49                                         ` Steve Chen
2009-09-16 20:21                                           ` Sergei Shtylyov
2009-09-16 13:47                                 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-09-17 19:32                                   ` Jamie Lokier
2009-09-17 19:41                                     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-09-17 21:29                                       ` [PATCH v2] " Steve Chen
2009-09-17 21:37                                         ` Jamie Lokier
2009-09-17 22:25                                           ` Steve Chen

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