Re: [PATCH 1/2] MN10300: Move asm-arm/cnt32_to_63.h to include/linux/

From: Nicolas Pitre
Date: Fri Sep 26 2008 - 08:03:22 EST


On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 17:48 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> > Move asm-arm/cnt32_to_63.h to include/linux/ so that MN10300 can make use of it
> > too.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > arch/arm/mach-pxa/time.c | 2 +
> > arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.c | 2 +
> > arch/arm/mach-versatile/core.c | 2 +
> > include/linux/cnt32_to_63.h | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 4 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > create mode 100644 include/linux/cnt32_to_63.h
>
> Didn't you forget to remove the old one?
>
>
> > +#define cnt32_to_63(cnt_lo) \
> > +({ \
> > + static volatile u32 __m_cnt_hi; \
> > + union cnt32_to_63 __x; \
> > + __x.hi = __m_cnt_hi; \
> > + __x.lo = (cnt_lo); \
> > + if (unlikely((s32)(__x.hi ^ __x.lo) < 0)) \
> > + __m_cnt_hi = __x.hi = (__x.hi ^ 0x80000000) + (__x.hi >> 31); \
> > + __x.val; \
> > +})
> > +
> > +#endif
>
> That code is way to smart :-)
>
> Better make sure that non of its users are SMP capable though.

Why would that matter?


Nicolas
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