Ross Biro <[email protected]> writes:
> On x86_64 smp systems, we noticed that the amount of time udelay would
> spin for varied from cpu to cpu. In our test case, udelay(10) would
> only delay for 9.7us on some cpus while on others it would delay for
> the full 10us. We tracked the problem down to an unnecessary attempt
> to avoid arithmetic overflow. Here's a fix complete with an overly
> verbose comment.
I applied it without the comment and without the extra sets
of brackets. Please submit future x86-64 patches directly
to me and also Signed them off and use toplevel diffs.
Thanks,
-Andi
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