linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] [2.6.22] CPU/GEODE: Replace NSC/Cyrix specific chipset access macros by inlined functions

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Message-ID: <469523BE.6070804@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:38:54 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	Juergen Beisert <juergen127@...uzholzen.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] [2.6.22] CPU/GEODE: Replace NSC/Cyrix specific chipset
 access macros by inlined functions

On 07/10/2007 05:03 AM, Juergen Beisert wrote:

[cc: Andi]

> From: Juergen Beisert <juergen@...uzholzen.de>
> 
> 2nd try to include it into mainline.
> 
> Replace NSC/Cyrix specific chipset access macros by inlined functions.
> With the macros a line like this fails (and does nothing):
> 	setCx86(CX86_CCR2, getCx86(CX86_CCR2) | 0x88);
> With inlined functions this line will work as expected.
> 
> Note about a side effect: Seems on Geode GX1 based systems the
> "suspend on halt power saving feature" was never enabled due to this
> wrong macro expansion. With inlined functions it will be enabled, but
> this will stop the TSC when the CPU runs into a HLT instruction.
> Kernel output something like this:
> 	Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -472746897 ns)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Beisert <juergen@...uzholzen.de>
> 
> Index: include/asm-i386/processor.h
> ===================================================================
> --- include/asm-i386/processor.h.orig
> +++ include/asm-i386/processor.h
> @@ -168,17 +168,6 @@ static inline void clear_in_cr4 (unsigne
>  	write_cr4(cr4);
>  }
> 
> -/*
> - *      NSC/Cyrix CPU indexed register access macros
> - */
> -
> -#define getCx86(reg) ({ outb((reg), 0x22); inb(0x23); })
> -
> -#define setCx86(reg, data) do { \
> -	outb((reg), 0x22); \
> -	outb((data), 0x23); \
> -} while (0)
> -
>  /* Stop speculative execution */
>  static inline void sync_core(void)
>  {
> Index: include/asm-i386/processor-cyrix.h
> ===================================================================
> --- /dev/null
> +++ include/asm-i386/processor-cyrix.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
> +/*
> + * NSC/Cyrix CPU indexed register access. Must be inlined instead of
> + * macros to ensure correct access ordering
> + */
> +static inline u8 getCx86(u8 reg)
> +{
> +	outb(reg, 0x22);
> +	return inb(0x23);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void setCx86(u8 reg, u8 data)
> +{
> +	outb(reg, 0x22);
> +	outb(data, 0x23);
> +}
> Index: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
> ===================================================================
> --- arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c.orig
> +++ arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>  #include <linux/pci.h>
>  #include <asm/dma.h>
>  #include <asm/io.h>
> -#include <asm/processor.h>
> +#include <asm/processor-cyrix.h>
>  #include <asm/timer.h>
>  #include <asm/pci-direct.h>
>  #include <asm/tsc.h>
> Index: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c
> ===================================================================
> --- arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c.orig
> +++ arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
>  #include <asm/mtrr.h>
>  #include <asm/msr.h>
>  #include <asm/io.h>
> +#include <asm/processor-cyrix.h>
>  #include "mtrr.h"
> 
>  int arr3_protected;
> Index: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
> ===================================================================
> --- arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c.orig
> +++ arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
>  #include <linux/smp.h>
>  #include <linux/cpufreq.h>
>  #include <linux/pci.h>
> -#include <asm/processor.h>
> +#include <asm/processor-cyrix.h>
>  #include <asm/errno.h>
> 
>  /* PCI config registers, all at F0 */
> Index: include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
> ===================================================================
> --- include/asm-x86_64/processor.h.orig
> +++ include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
> @@ -391,17 +391,6 @@ static inline void prefetchw(void *x)
> 
>  #define cpu_relax()   rep_nop()
> 
> -/*
> - *      NSC/Cyrix CPU indexed register access macros
> - */
> -
> -#define getCx86(reg) ({ outb((reg), 0x22); inb(0x23); })
> -
> -#define setCx86(reg, data) do { \
> -	outb((reg), 0x22); \
> -	outb((data), 0x23); \
> -} while (0)
> -
>  static inline void serialize_cpu(void)
>  {
>  	__asm__ __volatile__ ("cpuid" : : : "ax", "bx", "cx", "dx");
> -
-
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