> But do_gettimeofday() doesn't have any explicit asm code. Sure, it
> does locking, but those lock functions shouldn't affect the C code
> it's called from. If there's leakage from the lock functions, that
> should be fixed.
It's not from the lock functions, but from do_fast_gettimeoffset():
register unsigned long eax asm("ax");
register unsigned long edx asm("dx");
The locking functions use eax for passing args in/out when calling the
helper functions if the variable doesn't have a static address.
Unfortunately, gcc 2.7.2 isn't getting the optimization correct
(&time_lock is a constant). Remove the inline from do_fast_gettimeoffset
and it should compile.
-ben
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