Make caa_get_cycles() read from the Time Base register with only 1 instruction.

Signed-off-by: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <[email protected]>
---
 urcu/arch/ppc.h |   11 +++++++++++
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/urcu/arch/ppc.h b/urcu/arch/ppc.h
index d7317bb..2b606d0 100644
--- a/urcu/arch/ppc.h
+++ b/urcu/arch/ppc.h
@@ -48,10 +48,20 @@ extern "C" {
                rval;                                   \
        })
 
+#define mftb()                                         \
+       ({                                              \
+               unsigned long long rval;                \
+               asm volatile("mftb %0" : "=r" (rval));  \
+               rval;                                   \
+       })
+
 typedef unsigned long long cycles_t;
 
 static inline cycles_t caa_get_cycles (void)
 {
+#ifdef __powerpc64__
+       return (cycles_t) mftb();
+#else
        long h, l;
 
        for (;;) {
@@ -62,6 +72,7 @@ static inline cycles_t caa_get_cycles (void)
                if (mftbu() == h)
                        return (((cycles_t) h) << 32) + l;
        }
+#endif
 }
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus 
-- 
1.7.4.4


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