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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-11-08 20:27:00 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-11-08 20:27:00 +0100
commitcb9e35dce94a1b9c59d46224e8a94377d673e204 (patch)
treee3772e7d6ed11d1c1c648799e78619f782e5e090 /arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
parent895e031707954a9ca26ed4f5f794575313854ed1 (diff)
x86: clean up rdtsc_barrier() use
Impact: cleanup Move rdtsc_barrier() use to vsyscall_64.c where it's relied on, and point out its role in the context of its use. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
index 0b8b6690a86..ebf2f12900f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -128,7 +128,16 @@ static __always_inline void do_vgettimeofday(struct timeval * tv)
gettimeofday(tv,NULL);
return;
}
+
+ /*
+ * Surround the RDTSC by barriers, to make sure it's not
+ * speculated to outside the seqlock critical section and
+ * does not cause time warps:
+ */
+ rdtsc_barrier();
now = vread();
+ rdtsc_barrier();
+
base = __vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.cycle_last;
mask = __vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.mask;
mult = __vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.mult;