From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> [S390] etr: Add barrier() to etr_sync_cpu_start(). Force reading of *in_sync in while loop. Loops where the content that is checked for is changed by a different cpu always should have some sort of barrier() semantics. Otherwise this might lead to very subtle bugs. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/s390/kernel/time.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -urpN linux-2.6/arch/s390/kernel/time.c linux-2.6-patched/arch/s390/kernel/time.c --- linux-2.6/arch/s390/kernel/time.c 2007-02-21 10:47:06.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6-patched/arch/s390/kernel/time.c 2007-02-21 10:47:28.000000000 +0100 @@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ static void etr_adjust_time(unsigned lon } } +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP static void etr_sync_cpu_start(void *dummy) { int *in_sync = dummy; @@ -758,8 +759,14 @@ static void etr_sync_cpu_start(void *dum * __udelay will stop the cpu on an enabled wait psw until the * TOD is running again. */ - while (*in_sync == 0) + while (*in_sync == 0) { __udelay(1); + /* + * A different cpu changes *in_sync. Therefore use + * barrier() to force memory access. + */ + barrier(); + } if (*in_sync != 1) /* Didn't work. Clear per-cpu in sync bit again. */ etr_disable_sync_clock(NULL); @@ -773,6 +780,7 @@ static void etr_sync_cpu_start(void *dum static void etr_sync_cpu_end(void *dummy) { } +#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */ /* * Sync the TOD clock using the port refered to by aibp. This port -- blue skies, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH Martin Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Johann Weihen Geschäftsführung: Herbert Kircher Martin Schwidefsky Sitz der Gesellschaft: Böblingen Linux on zSeries Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, Development HRB 243294 "Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html