From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Pete Wyckoff <pw@osc.edu>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 16:57:17 +0000
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Performance Monitor Internals:
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davidm@hpl.hp.com said:
> static __inline__ unsigned long
> ia64_get_itc (void)
> {
> 	unsigned long result;
> 
> 	__asm__ __volatile__("mov %0=ar.itc" : "=r"(result) :: "memory");
> 	while (__builtin_expect ((int) result = -1, 0))
> 		__asm__ __volatile__("mov %0=ar.itc" : "=r"(result) :: "memory");
> 	return result;
> }

Why is it no good to return result when it satisfies:

    (result & 0xffffffff) = 0xffffffff

?  Curiosity.

		-- Pete