linux-kernel - [patch 12/29] x86/hpet: Simplify counter validation

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Message-Id: <20190623132435.149535103@linutronix.de>
Date:   Sun, 23 Jun 2019 15:23:52 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Andi Kleen <andi.kleen@...el.com>,
        Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@....com>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Ravi Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>
Subject: [patch 12/29] x86/hpet: Simplify counter validation

There is no point to loop for 200k TSC cycles to check afterwards whether
the HPET counter is working. Read the counter inside of the loop and break
out when the counter value changed.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c |   10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -853,15 +853,13 @@ static bool __init hpet_counting(void)
 	 * 1 GHz == 200us
 	 */
 	do {
-		rep_nop();
+		if (t1 != hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER))
+			return true;
 		now = rdtsc();
 	} while ((now - start) < 200000UL);
 
-	if (t1 == hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER)) {
-		pr_warn("Counter not counting. HPET disabled\n");
-		return false;
-	}
-	return true;
+	pr_warn("Counter not counting. HPET disabled\n");
+	return false;
 }
 
 /**