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  1. Aug 21, 2013
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      powerpc/fsl-booke: Work around erratum A-006958 · d52459ca
      Scott Wood authored
      
      
      Erratum A-006598 says that 64-bit mftb is not atomic -- it's subject
      to a similar race condition as doing mftbu/mftbl on 32-bit.  The lower
      half of timebase is updated before the upper half; thus, we can share
      the workaround for a similar bug on Cell.  This workaround involves
      looping if the lower half of timebase is zero, thus avoiding the need
      for a scratch register (other than CR0).  This workaround must be
      avoided when the timebase is frozen, such as during the timebase sync
      code.
      
      This deals with kernel and vdso accesses, but other userspace accesses
      will of course need to be fixed elsewhere.
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarScott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
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