Re: [PATCH 1/2] MN10300: Move asm-arm/cnt32_to_63.h to include/linux/

From: David Howells
Date: Thu Oct 02 2008 - 18:24:01 EST


Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Oh, that's a possibility. In that case __m_cnt_hi will be reverted to a
> previous state just like if cnt32_to_63() has not been called yet since
> the new half period. And a subsequent call will fix that again.

Surely that's not good enough. There's a 50% chance that reversion to a
previous state will result in an extra increment of the __m_cnt_hi on the next
call.

David
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