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Date:      Fri, 3 Dec 2010 13:56:29 -0800
From:      mdf@FreeBSD.org
To:        Jung-uk Kim <jkim@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r216161 - in head/sys: amd64/amd64 i386/i386
Message-ID:  <AANLkTi=mFhQQd8%2BseT4mi7yPw%2Bz9tunpMd4rVrUoyO7x@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201012032154.oB3LsADC035461@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201012032154.oB3LsADC035461@svn.freebsd.org>

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On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Jung-uk Kim <jkim@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Author: jkim
> Date: Fri Dec =A03 21:54:10 2010
> New Revision: 216161
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/216161
>
> Log:
> =A0Explicitly initialize TSC frequency. =A0To calibrate TSC frequency, we=
 use
> =A0DELAY(9) and it may use TSC in turn if TSC frequency is non-zero.

Doesn't ELF guarantee that the static data is already 0?  On AIX the
kernel had to explicitly zero the non-initialized data area, but AIX
uses the a.out format.  I thought FreeBSD/ELF meant that global
variables without initializers were 0 by the time the OS started
running.

Thanks,
matthew

>
> =A0MFC after: =A0 =A03 days
>
> Modified:
> =A0head/sys/amd64/amd64/tsc.c
> =A0head/sys/i386/i386/tsc.c
>
> Modified: head/sys/amd64/amd64/tsc.c
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D
> --- head/sys/amd64/amd64/tsc.c =A0Fri Dec =A03 21:52:01 2010 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0(r216160)
> +++ head/sys/amd64/amd64/tsc.c =A0Fri Dec =A03 21:54:10 2010 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0(r216161)
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
>
> =A0#include "cpufreq_if.h"
>
> -uint64_t =A0 =A0 =A0 tsc_freq;
> +uint64_t =A0 =A0 =A0 tsc_freq =3D 0;
> =A0int =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0tsc_is_broken;
> =A0int =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0tsc_is_invariant;
> =A0static eventhandler_tag tsc_levels_tag, tsc_pre_tag, tsc_post_tag;
>
> Modified: head/sys/i386/i386/tsc.c
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D
> --- head/sys/i386/i386/tsc.c =A0 =A0Fri Dec =A03 21:52:01 2010 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0(r216160)
> +++ head/sys/i386/i386/tsc.c =A0 =A0Fri Dec =A03 21:54:10 2010 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0(r216161)
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
>
> =A0#include "cpufreq_if.h"
>
> -uint64_t =A0 =A0 =A0 tsc_freq;
> +uint64_t =A0 =A0 =A0 tsc_freq =3D 0;
> =A0int =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0tsc_is_broken;
> =A0int =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0tsc_is_invariant;
> =A0u_int =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0tsc_present;
>



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