From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:09:00 +0000 (+1100) Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: vdso 64bits gettimeofday bug X-Git-Tag: v2.6.16-rc6~158^2~2 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=634473db86502b6444c3cebd279a06e0b8737527;p=linux-2.6 [PATCH] powerpc: vdso 64bits gettimeofday bug A bug in the assembly code of the vdso can cause gettimeofday() to hang or to return incorrect results. The wrong register was used to test for pending updates of the calibration variables and to create a dependency for subsequent loads. This fixes it. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S index ccaeda5136..4ee871f1ca 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S @@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ V_FUNCTION_BEGIN(__do_get_xsec) .cfi_startproc /* check for update count & load values */ 1: ld r8,CFG_TB_UPDATE_COUNT(r3) - andi. r0,r4,1 /* pending update ? loop */ + andi. r0,r8,1 /* pending update ? loop */ bne- 1b - xor r0,r4,r4 /* create dependency */ + xor r0,r8,r8 /* create dependency */ add r3,r3,r0 /* Get TB & offset it */