linux-kernel - Re: [RFC patch 04/18] get_cycles() : powerpc64 HAVE_GET

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20081107145636.GA5021@yoda.jdub.homelinux.org>
Date:	Fri, 7 Nov 2008 09:56:36 -0500
From:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	paulus@...ba.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC patch 04/18] get_cycles() : powerpc64 HAVE_GET_CYCLES

On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 12:23:40AM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>This patch selects HAVE_GET_CYCLES and makes sure get_cycles_barrier() and
>get_cycles_rate() are implemented.
>
>Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
>CC: benh@...nel.crashing.org
>CC: paulus@...ba.org
>CC: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
>CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
>CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
>CC: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
>CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
>CC: linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
>---
> arch/powerpc/Kconfig             |    1 +
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/timex.h |   11 +++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
>Index: linux.trees.git/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
>===================================================================
>--- linux.trees.git.orig/arch/powerpc/Kconfig	2008-11-07 00:09:44.000000000 -0500
>+++ linux.trees.git/arch/powerpc/Kconfig	2008-11-07 00:09:46.000000000 -0500
>@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ config PPC
> 	select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS if PPC64
> 	select USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS if SMP
> 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
>+	select HAVE_GET_CYCLES if PPC64

So maybe it's just me because it's Friday and I'm on vacation, but I don't
see anything overly specific to ppc64 here.  In fact, you use get_cycles_rate
for all of powerpc in a later patch in the series.

Is there something special about HAVE_GET_CYCLES that I'm missing that would
make it only apply to ppc64 and not ppc32?

josh
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/