linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] s/#include <asm/delay.h>/#include <linux/delay.h>/

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Date:	Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:48:37 +0200
From:	Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] s/#include <asm/delay.h>/#include <linux/delay.h>/

On Tuesday 22 August 2006 15:45, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> Currently, magic in include/linux/delay.h
> inlines mdelay and ssleep, and various arches
> do the same to udelay.
> 
> This is pointless. We are going to perform a delay of 1000+
> CPU cycles anyway, no need to optimize away a few cycles.
> 
> This patchset converts calls to these functions
> into true functuon calls, with no additional
> math done or hidden arguments pushed to stack
> at the callsite.

A few arch files won't see the definition of udelay()
in asm/delay.h anymore. Prevent that from biting us later.

Signed-off-by: Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
--
vda

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