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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] fsys_gettimeofday leaps days if it runs with nojitter
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:48:54 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <je644zkzgp.fsf@sykes.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <468CA2D6.40204@jp.fujitsu.com>

Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com> writes:

> I suspected the value of r28.
> So I just relocate "consuming" of r28 to early stage.
>
> <PATCH>
>> Index: linux-2.6.21/arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S
>> =================================>> --- linux-2.6.21.orig/arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S
>> +++ linux-2.6.21/arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S
>> @@ -247,6 +247,9 @@
>>  .time_redo:
>>  	.pred.rel.mutex p8,p9,p10
>>  	ld4.acq r28 = [r29]	// xtime_lock.sequence. Must come first for locking purposes
>> +	;;
>> +	and r28 = ~1,r28	// Make sequence even to force retry if odd
>> +	;;
>>  (p8)	mov r2 = ar.itc		// CPU_TIMER. 36 clocks latency!!!
>>  	add r22 = IA64_TIME_INTERPOLATOR_LAST_COUNTER_OFFSET,r20
>>  (p9)	ld8 r2 = [r30]		// readq(ti->address). Could also have latency issues..
>> @@ -284,7 +287,6 @@
>>  (p15)	ld8 r17 = [r19],-IA64_TIMESPEC_TV_NSEC_OFFSET
>>  (p7)	cmp.ne p7,p0 = r25,r3	// if cmpxchg not successful redo
>>  	// simulate tbit.nz.or p7,p0 = r28,0
>> -	and r28 = ~1,r28	// Make sequence even to force retry if odd
>>  	getf.sig r2 = f8
>>  	mf
>>  	add r8 = r8,r18		// Add time interpolator offset
> </PATCH>
>
> What a surprise! This patch solves the problem!

How can the register lose its contents?  The only thing that can make a
difference is the stop bit.

Andreas.

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  reply	other threads:[~2007-07-05  8:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-05  7:50 [RFC][PATCH] fsys_gettimeofday leaps days if it runs with nojitter Hidetoshi Seto
2007-07-05  8:48 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2007-07-05  8:57 ` Hidetoshi Seto
2007-07-10 22:20 ` Luck, Tony
2007-07-11  1:31 ` Hidetoshi Seto
2007-07-12 22:33 ` Luck, Tony
2007-07-13  1:27 ` Hidetoshi Seto
2007-07-13  9:49 ` Bob Picco
2007-07-13 23:25 ` Luck, Tony

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