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Date:	Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:15:02 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Martin Wilck <martin.wilck@...itsu-siemens.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Wichert, Gerhard" <Gerhard.Wichert@...itsu-siemens.com>,
	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 (64): make calibrate_APIC_clock() SMI-safe (take 3)

[Martin Wilck - Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 04:01:08PM +0200]
> Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
>
>> Martin, if I understood you right - this means your patch is not
>> needed? 
>
> The patch would still be needed. Just the reported failure of my  
> simplified patch on the old kernel would not have occurred in the  
> current kernel. IOW, the patch is fine for the current kernel, but not  
> for the old one.
>
>> Actually on 64bit mode APIC_DIVISOR is a bit hidden in
>> __setup_APIC_LVTT - you may see it as APIC_TDR_DIV_16 while setting
>> up divisor register. I was proposing patch for that but it leaded
>> to potetntial overflow (thanks Ingo for catching) so we leave it as
>> is. Maybe I miss something?
>
> The problem was not that the divisor 16 was used for the counter speed  
> (APIC_TDR_DIV_16), but that the old code set the counter start value to  
> (250000000/16) rather than just 250000000. That means the counter will  
> underflow earlier.
>
> I am attaching a "take 3" patch which minimizes the risk of an underflow  
> by using the maximum possible initial value for the APIC timer.
>
> Martin
>
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ah, ok, thanks

		- Cyrill -
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