On 11/03/2016 10:02 AM, Daniel Lezcano wrote: > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 03:48:09PM -0700, Vineet Gupta wrote: >> To allow for easy movement into drivers/clocksource >> >> Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta at synopsys.com> >> --- >> arch/arc/kernel/time.c | 13 +++++-------- >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c >> index a2db010cde18..2c51e3cafad0 100644 >> --- a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c >> +++ b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c >> @@ -153,14 +153,11 @@ static cycle_t arc_read_rtc(struct clocksource *cs) >> cycle_t full; >> } stamp; >> >> - >> - __asm__ __volatile( >> - "1: \n" >> - " lr %0, [AUX_RTC_LOW] \n" >> - " lr %1, [AUX_RTC_HIGH] \n" >> - " lr %2, [AUX_RTC_CTRL] \n" >> - " bbit0.nt %2, 31, 1b \n" >> - : "=r" (stamp.low), "=r" (stamp.high), "=r" (status)); >> + do { >> + stamp.low = read_aux_reg(AUX_RTC_LOW); >> + stamp.high = read_aux_reg(AUX_RTC_HIGH); >> + status = read_aux_reg(AUX_RTC_CTRL); >> + } while (!(status & 0x80000000UL)); > > Replace the literal 0x80000000UL by a macro. OK ! > What is the 'status' for ? Hardware keeps a internal state machine for atomic readout of low/high. So if an interrupt is taken between reading low and high, or if high increments after low is read, then the bit forces a loop to retry. > >> return stamp.full; >> } >> -- >> 2.7.4 >>