Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Sep 2008 23:15:25 +0200 (CEST) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [RFC patch 0/4] TSC calibration improvements |
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On Sat, 6 Sep 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > Just checked. The -tip version still has the expect-- in the for() > > > which might lead to stupid results depending on the gcc madness level. > > > > Umm. What? You're on some odd drugs. > > Oh, you mean te "--expect" in the last pit_expect_msb(). Yeah, that one > looks bogus, but I don't understand what it has to do with gcc at all.
One gcc does:
i++; if (i >= QUICK_PIT_ITERATIONS) goto out; expect--;
The other one does:
i++; expect--; if (i >= QUICK_PIT_ITERATIONS) goto out;
Don't ask me which one is correct. It's just reality :(
/me goes back to consume legal german drugs
tglx
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