Re: PATCH: spurious_count cleanup

[Atsushi Nemoto <nemoto@toshiba-tops.co.jp>]

BTW, ".set noreorder" in this code seems dangerous while the jump
instruction is not followed by nop...


> --- arch/mips/kernel/entry.S  2001/11/27 01:26:46     1.32
> +++ arch/mips/kernel/entry.S  2001/11/30 18:42:07
> @@ -95,12 +95,12 @@
>                * Someone tried to fool us by sending an interrupt but we
>                * couldn't find a cause for it.
>                */
> -             lui     t1,%hi(spurious_count)
> +             lui     t1,%hi(irq_err_count)
>               .set    reorder
> -             lw      t0,%lo(spurious_count)(t1)
> +             lw      t0,%lo(irq_err_count)(t1)
>               .set    noreorder
>               addiu   t0,1
> -             sw      t0,%lo(spurious_count)(t1)
> +             sw      t0,%lo(irq_err_count)(t1)
>               j       ret_from_irq
>               END(spurious_interrupt)
>  
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Atsushi Nemoto