arch/tile: fix __ndelay etc to work better

The current implementations of __ndelay and __udelay call a hypervisor
service to delay, but the hypervisor service isn't actually implemented
very well, and the consensus is that Linux should handle figuring this
out natively and not use a hypervisor service.

By converting nanoseconds to cycles, and then spinning until the
cycle counter reaches the desired cycle, we get several benefits:
first, we are sensitive to the actual clock speed; second, we use
less power by issuing a slow SPR read once every six cycles while
we delay; and third, we properly handle the case of an interrupt by
exiting at the target time rather than after some number of cycles.

Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/tile/include/hv/hypervisor.h b/arch/tile/include/hv/hypervisor.h
index f672544..103986b 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/hv/hypervisor.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/hv/hypervisor.h
@@ -964,6 +964,11 @@ HV_ASIDRange hv_inquire_asid(int idx);
 
 /** Waits for at least the specified number of nanoseconds then returns.
  *
+ * NOTE: this deprecated function currently assumes a 750 MHz clock,
+ * and is thus not generally suitable for use.  New code should call
+ * hv_sysconf(HV_SYSCONF_CPU_SPEED), compute a cycle count to wait for,
+ * and delay by looping while checking the cycle counter SPR.
+ *
  * @param nanosecs The number of nanoseconds to sleep.
  */
 void hv_nanosleep(int nanosecs);