Re: [patch] x86_64: fix sched_clock()

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Fri May 25 2007 - 04:41:22 EST


On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 10:34:31AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > > Hmm indeed. I actually had it correct at some point (i remember
> > > > fixing 64bit compile errors in sched-clock ;-). I guess the
> > > > Makefile hunk accidentially dropped out during some later merging
> > > > and this didn't get noticed due to the weak attribute.
> > >
> > > well the tsc.h bit was needed too.
> >
> > It's not in defconfig at least. I just tried it.
>
> what do you mean? The tsc.h bit is needed because

Means i readded the Makefile hunk and it compiled for me in 64bit without
changing anything else.

> arch/i386/kernel/sched-clock.c (now built on x86_64 too with the patch i
> sent) uses the tsc_disable global flag which is non-existent on x86_64.
> So my tsc.h change adds that global flag, always-defined to 0.

My version of sched_clock.c doesn't have any reference to tsc_disable.

-andi
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