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    [IA64] ia64: simplify and fix udelay() · defbb2c9
    hawkes@sgi.com authored
    
    
    The original ia64 udelay() was simple, but flawed for platforms without
    synchronized ITCs:  a preemption and migration to another CPU during the
    while-loop likely resulted in too-early termination or very, very
    lengthy looping.
    
    The first fix (now in 2.6.15) broke the delay loop into smaller,
    non-preemptible chunks, reenabling preemption between the chunks.  This
    fix is flawed in that the total udelay is computed to be the sum of just
    the non-premptible while-loop pieces, i.e., not counting the time spent
    in the interim preemptible periods.  If an interrupt or a migration
    occurs during one of these interim periods, then that time is invisible
    and only serves to lengthen the effective udelay().
    
    This new fix backs out the current flawed fix and returns to a simple
    udelay(), fully preemptible and interruptible.  It implements two simple
    alternative udelay() routines:  one a default generic version that uses
    ia64_get_itc(), and the other an sn-specific version that uses that
    platform's RTC.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn Hawkes <hawkes@sgi.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
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