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SubjectRe: [PATCH] arm: remove unused code in delay.S
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On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 12:37 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > >> > Because then you get it whenever you configure for V4 as the lowest
> > >> > denominator CPU, which leads to the buggy behaviour on better CPUs.
> > >> > It's far better to leave it as is and just accept that the old CPUs
> > >> > will have longer than necessary delays. If people really really
> > >> > care (and there's likely to only be a small minority of them now)
> > >> > changing the '0' to a '1' is a very simple change for them to carry
> > >> > in their local tree. Unlike getting the right unrolling etc.
> > >>
> > >> Well, they can also 'git revert' this patch. If somebody really cares
> > >> I think they should shout now and provide a better patch, otherwise
> > >> this one should be merged.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, having the code there as it currently stands is not
> > > harmful in any way, so leaving it there is just as easy.
> >
> > It makes the code less understandable. I'm not sure about linux's
> > practices, but an #if 0 generally means somebody is being lazy.
>
> Not in this case, as you was explained to you. You may want to add
> explaining comment above #if 0....
> Pavel

Perhaps we can document with something like..

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index aef63c8..ca8d535 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -813,6 +813,14 @@ config ARM_ERRATA_460075
ACTLR register. Note that setting specific bits in the ACTLR
register
may not be available in non-secure mode.

+config OLD_CPU_DELAY
+ depends on CPU_32v3 || CPU_32v4 || CPU_32v4T
+ bool "Accurate delays for older CPU"
+ def_bool n
+ help
+ Enable if observing longer than expected delays and need more
+ accurate delays on older CPUs.
+
endmenu

source "arch/arm/common/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/delay.S b/arch/arm/lib/delay.S
index 8d6a876..8b3fa63 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/delay.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/delay.S
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ENTRY(__const_udelay) @ 0 <= r0 <= 0x7fffff06
@ Delay routine
ENTRY(__delay)
subs r0, r0, #1
-#if 0
+#if CONFIG_OLD_CPU_DELAY
movls pc, lr
subs r0, r0, #1
movls pc, lr



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