IMX53 on recent 4.4.x kernels

[l.stach@pengutronix.de (Lucas Stach)]

Am Donnerstag, den 20.07.2017, 15:06 +0000 schrieb Vellemans, Noel:
> Hi  , 
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> 
> ====BEGIN- Test-code=======================================================================================
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include<stdlib.h>
> #include<string.h>
> #include<unistd.h>
> #include<fcntl.h>
> #include <time.h>
> #include <sys/times.h>
> 
> 
> 
> #define MS_TICKTIME2 ({\
> 				struct timespec tp;\
> 				clock_gettime(4, &tp);\
> 				(unsigned long)tp.tv_sec*1000+tp.tv_nsec/1000000;})

clock_gettime is one of the things which get optimized into "not a
syscall at all" if your kernel provides a VDSO. Are you sure your new
kernel configuration has CONFIG_VDSO enabled?

Regards,
Lucas
> 
> 
> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> {
> 	unsigned long mainloopcount=20000000;
> 	unsigned long t2,t1;
> 	printf("TestCode-1\n");
> 	printf("Going to loop %ld times.\n",mainloopcount);
> 	t1=MS_TICKTIME2;
> 	do{
> 				/* just do some call to the kernel .. */
> 				volatile unsigned long t3=MS_TICKTIME2;
> 				t3++; /* whatever increment this as dummy operation*/
> 	}	while(--mainloopcount);
> 	t2=MS_TICKTIME2;
> 	printf("%ld-%ld = >%ld ms \n",t2,t1,((signed long)t2-(signed long)t1));
> 
> 	return 0;
> }