[PATCH]: Fix driver bogus delay loop

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Mar 05 2007 - 04:36:01 EST



CT based mach64 cards were reported to hang on sparc64 boxes when
compiled with gcc-4.1.x and later.

Looking at this piece of code, it's no surprise. A critical
delay was implemented as an empty for() loop, and gcc 4.0.x
and previous did not optimize it away, so we did get a delay.

But gcc-4.1.x and later can optimize it away, and we get crashes.

Use a real udelay() to fix this. Fix verified on SunBlade100.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/video/aty/mach64_ct.c b/drivers/video/aty/mach64_ct.c
index f3b487b..1fdcfdb 100644
--- a/drivers/video/aty/mach64_ct.c
+++ b/drivers/video/aty/mach64_ct.c
@@ -598,7 +598,6 @@ static void aty_resume_pll_ct(const struct fb_info *info,
struct atyfb_par *par = info->par;

if (par->mclk_per != par->xclk_per) {
- int i;
/*
* This disables the sclk, crashes the computer as reported:
* aty_st_pll_ct(SPLL_CNTL2, 3, info);
@@ -614,7 +613,7 @@ static void aty_resume_pll_ct(const struct fb_info *info,
* helps for Rage Mobilities that sometimes crash when
* we switch to sclk. (Daniel Mantione, 13-05-2003)
*/
- for (i=0;i<=0x1ffff;i++);
+ udelay(500);
}

aty_st_pll_ct(PLL_REF_DIV, pll->ct.pll_ref_div, par);
-
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