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SubjectRe: [RFC patch 0/4] TSC calibration improvements
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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