Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
sched: optimize sched_clock() a bit
sched: improve sched_clock() performance
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
index 46be2fa..c2a812e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@
{
DECLARE_ARGS(val, low, high);
- rdtsc_barrier();
asm volatile("rdtsc" : EAX_EDX_RET(val, low, high));
- rdtsc_barrier();
return EAX_EDX_VAL(val, low, high);
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
index 38ae163..9cd83a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
static __always_inline cycles_t vget_cycles(void)
{
+ cycles_t cycles;
+
/*
* We only do VDSOs on TSC capable CPUs, so this shouldnt
* access boot_cpu_data (which is not VDSO-safe):
@@ -42,7 +44,11 @@
if (!cpu_has_tsc)
return 0;
#endif
- return (cycles_t)__native_read_tsc();
+ rdtsc_barrier();
+ cycles = (cycles_t)__native_read_tsc();
+ rdtsc_barrier();
+
+ return cycles;
}
extern void tsc_init(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 2ef80e3..424093b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
rdtscll(this_offset);
/* return the value in ns */
- return cycles_2_ns(this_offset);
+ return __cycles_2_ns(this_offset);
}
/* We need to define a real function for sched_clock, to override the