[PATCH] x86-64: Avoid overflows during apic timer calibration
authorDavid P. Reed <dpreed@reed.com>
Wed, 2 May 2007 17:27:20 +0000 (19:27 +0200)
committerAndi Kleen <andi@basil.nowhere.org>
Wed, 2 May 2007 17:27:20 +0000 (19:27 +0200)
- Use 64bit TSC calculations to avoid handling overflow
- Use 32bit unsigned arithmetic for the APIC timer. This
way overflows are handled correctly.
- Fix exit check of loop to account for apic timer counting down

Signed-off-by: dpreed@reed.com
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c

index 943ec4d1bd8eae4d06afbc7ca56b5bef50bf6c68..d198f7d82e5a429710a98ed1e3e409534e1ecf60 100644 (file)
@@ -839,14 +839,15 @@ static void setup_APIC_timer(unsigned int clocks)
 
 static int __init calibrate_APIC_clock(void)
 {
-       int apic, apic_start, tsc, tsc_start;
+       unsigned apic, apic_start;
+       unsigned long tsc, tsc_start;
        int result;
        /*
         * Put whatever arbitrary (but long enough) timeout
         * value into the APIC clock, we just want to get the
         * counter running for calibration.
         */
-       __setup_APIC_LVTT(1000000000);
+       __setup_APIC_LVTT(4000000000);
 
        apic_start = apic_read(APIC_TMCCT);
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER
@@ -857,13 +858,13 @@ static int __init calibrate_APIC_clock(void)
        } else
 #endif
        {
-               rdtscl(tsc_start);
+               rdtscll(tsc_start);
 
                do {
                        apic = apic_read(APIC_TMCCT);
-                       rdtscl(tsc);
+                       rdtscll(tsc);
                } while ((tsc - tsc_start) < TICK_COUNT &&
-                               (apic - apic_start) < TICK_COUNT);
+                               (apic_start - apic) < TICK_COUNT);
 
                result = (apic_start - apic) * 1000L * tsc_khz /
                                        (tsc - tsc_start);