kernel_optimize_test/arch/x86
Pallipadi, Venkatesh e888d7facd x86, delay: tsc based udelay should have rdtsc_barrier
delay_tsc needs rdtsc_barrier to provide proper delay.

Output from a test driver using hpet to cross check delay
provided by udelay().

Before:
[   86.794363] Expected delay 5us actual 4679ns
[   87.154362] Expected delay 5us actual 698ns
[   87.514162] Expected delay 5us actual 4539ns
[   88.653716] Expected delay 5us actual 4539ns
[   94.664106] Expected delay 10us actual 9638ns
[   95.049351] Expected delay 10us actual 10126ns
[   95.416110] Expected delay 10us actual 9568ns
[   95.799216] Expected delay 10us actual 9638ns
[  103.624104] Expected delay 10us actual 9707ns
[  104.020619] Expected delay 10us actual 768ns
[  104.419951] Expected delay 10us actual 9707ns

After:
[   50.983320] Expected delay 5us actual 5587ns
[   51.261807] Expected delay 5us actual 5587ns
[   51.565715] Expected delay 5us actual 5657ns
[   51.861171] Expected delay 5us actual 5587ns
[   52.164704] Expected delay 5us actual 5726ns
[   52.487457] Expected delay 5us actual 5657ns
[   52.789338] Expected delay 5us actual 5726ns
[   57.119680] Expected delay 10us actual 10755ns
[   57.893997] Expected delay 10us actual 10615ns
[   58.261287] Expected delay 10us actual 10755ns
[   58.620505] Expected delay 10us actual 10825ns
[   58.941035] Expected delay 10us actual 10755ns
[   59.320903] Expected delay 10us actual 10615ns
[   61.306311] Expected delay 10us actual 10755ns
[   61.520542] Expected delay 10us actual 10615ns

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2009-06-25 16:47:40 -07:00
..
boot Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-20 10:49:48 -07:00
configs Merge branch 'x86-kbuild-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 15:30:41 -07:00
crypto crypto: aes-ni - Remove CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP from fpu template 2009-06-18 19:44:01 +08:00
ia32
include/asm x86, setup: correct include file in <asm/boot.h> 2009-06-25 15:16:06 -07:00
kernel x86, mce: percpu mcheck_timer should be pinned 2009-06-25 13:33:02 -07:00
kvm page allocator: do not check NUMA node ID when the caller knows the node is valid 2009-06-16 19:47:32 -07:00
lguest lguest: PAE support 2009-06-12 22:27:08 +09:30
lib x86, delay: tsc based udelay should have rdtsc_barrier 2009-06-25 16:47:40 -07:00
math-emu
mm x86: Move init_gbpages() to setup_arch() 2009-06-23 10:33:32 +02:00
oprofile Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core 2009-06-11 17:55:42 +02:00
pci x86: Use pci_claim_resource 2009-06-17 14:04:42 -07:00
power x86, mce: Fix mce resume on 32bit 2009-06-23 13:36:17 -07:00
vdso gcov: enable GCOV_PROFILE_ALL for x86_64 2009-06-18 13:03:58 -07:00
video
xen Merge branch 'x86-xen-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 16:16:27 -07:00
Kbuild
Kconfig Merge branch 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-20 10:56:46 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu Revert "x86, bts: reenable ptrace branch trace support" 2009-06-11 00:32:00 +02:00
Kconfig.debug kmemcheck: make kconfig accessible for other architectures 2009-06-15 15:49:17 +02:00
Makefile kmemcheck: add the kmemcheck core 2009-06-13 15:37:30 +02:00
Makefile_32.cpu