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git-mirror · Jun 21, 2006 · e1584e0 · e1584e0
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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
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-refs/heads/master: ddf5f75a16b3e7460ffee881795aa168dffcd0cf
+refs/heads/master: 1e92a550e80fef01ebcc0bcd0896109cdb986c72
diff --git a/trunk/include/asm-powerpc/delay.h b/trunk/include/asm-powerpc/delay.h
@@ -17,5 +17,18 @@
 extern void __delay(unsigned long loops);
 extern void udelay(unsigned long usecs);
 
+/*
+ * On shared processor machines the generic implementation of mdelay can
+ * result in large errors. While each iteration of the loop inside mdelay
+ * is supposed to take 1ms, the hypervisor could sleep our partition for
+ * longer (eg 10ms). With the right timing these errors can add up.
+ *
+ * Since there is no 32bit overflow issue on 64bit kernels, just call
+ * udelay directly.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+#define mdelay(n)	udelay((n) * 1000)
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_DELAY_H */
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/delay.h b/trunk/include/linux/delay.h
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ extern unsigned long loops_per_jiffy;
 #define MAX_UDELAY_MS	5
 #endif
 
-#ifdef notdef
-#define mdelay(n) (\
-	{unsigned long __ms=(n); while (__ms--) udelay(1000);})
-#else
+#ifndef mdelay
 #define mdelay(n) (\
 	(__builtin_constant_p(n) && (n)<=MAX_UDELAY_MS) ? udelay((n)*1000) : \
 	({unsigned long __ms=(n); while (__ms--) udelay(1000);}))