Re: [PATCH] fix #endif misplacement

From: Tim Schmielau
Date: Fri Nov 28 2003 - 11:36:28 EST


On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez wrote:

> This patch fixes an #endif misplacement, which leads to dead code in
> sched_clock() in arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c, due to a return
> outside the ifdef/endif.

No, this is exactly what is intended: don't use the TSC on NUMA, use
jiffies instead.
Look at the comment just above those lines.

Tim


> --- linux-2.6.0-test11/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c 2003-11-26 18:44:45.000000000 -0200
> +++ linux-2.6.0-test11-sched_clock/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer_tsc.c 2003-11-28 12:58:59.000000000 -0200
> @@ -140,8 +140,8 @@
> */
> #ifndef CONFIG_NUMA
> if (!use_tsc)
> -#endif
> return (unsigned long long)jiffies * (1000000000 / HZ);
> +#endif
>
> /* Read the Time Stamp Counter */
> rdtscll(this_offset);
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