2.6.21.7 is broken with latest GCC. The following patch fixes the issue. Its a
build break because of compiler optimizing using modulo.
diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index 2091a19..d32ef0a 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ static inline void timespec_add_ns(struct timespec *a, u64
ns)
{
ns += a->tv_nsec;
while(unlikely(ns >= NSEC_PER_SEC)) {
+ /* The following asm() prevents the compiler from
+ * optimising this loop into a modulo operation. */
+ asm("" : "+r"(ns));
+
ns -= NSEC_PER_SEC;
a->tv_sec++;
}
----------
My Question:
What is "asm ("" : "+r"(ns))" doing here and how does this fix the issue?
Thanks & Regards
Himanshu
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