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    x86, delay: tsc based udelay should have rdtsc_barrier · e888d7fa
    Pallipadi, Venkatesh authored
    delay_tsc needs rdtsc_barrier to provide proper delay.
    
    Output from a test driver using hpet to cross check delay
    provided by udelay().
    
    Before:
    [   86.794363] Expected delay 5us actual 4679ns
    [   87.154362] Expected delay 5us actual 698ns
    [   87.514162] Expected delay 5us actual 4539ns
    [   88.653716] Expected delay 5us actual 4539ns
    [   94.664106] Expected delay 10us actual 9638ns
    [   95.049351] Expected delay 10us actual 10126ns
    [   95.416110] Expected delay 10us actual 9568ns
    [   95.799216] Expected delay 10us actual 9638ns
    [  103.624104] Expected delay 10us actual 9707ns
    [  104.020619] Expected delay 10us actual 768ns
    [  104.419951] Expected delay 10us actual 9707ns
    
    After:
    [   50.983320] Expected delay 5us actual 5587ns
    [   51.261807] Expected delay 5us actual 5587ns
    [   51.565715] Expected delay 5us actual 5657ns
    [   51.861171] Expected delay 5us actual 5587ns
    [   52.164704] Expected delay 5us actual 5726ns
    [   52.487457] Expected delay 5us actual 5657ns
    [   52.789338] Expected delay 5us actual 5726ns
    [   57.119680] Expected delay 10us actual 10755ns
    [   57.893997] Expected delay 10us actual 10615ns
    [   58.261287] Expected delay 10us actual 10755ns
    [   58.620505] Expected delay 10us actual 10825ns
    [   58.941035] Expected delay 10us actual 10755ns
    [   59.320903] Expected delay 10us actual 10615ns
    [   61.306311] Expected delay 10us actual 10755ns
    [   61.520542] Expected delay 10us actual 10615ns
    Signed-off-by: default avatarVenkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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