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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2007-10-10 01:22:45 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2007-10-10 01:22:45 +0000
commit5a01ab7b838c967ba38720136a71d8b89d5b79ce (patch)
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* sysdeps/x86_64/cacheinfo.c (init_cacheinfo): Work around problem
with some Pentium Ds.
Diffstat (limited to 'sysdeps')
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/x86_64/cacheinfo.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/cacheinfo.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/cacheinfo.c
index 5b92bd5..12102fe 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/cacheinfo.c
@@ -456,6 +456,13 @@ init_cacheinfo (void)
asm volatile ("cpuid"
: "=a" (eax), "=b" (ebx), "=c" (ecx), "=d" (edx)
: "0" (4), "2" (i++));
+
+ /* There seems to be a bug in at least some Pentium Ds
+ which sometimes fail to iterate all cache parameters.
+ Do not loop indefinitely here, stop in this case and
+ assume there is no such information. */
+ if ((eax & 0x1f) == 0)
+ goto intel_bug_no_cache_info;
}
while (((eax >> 5) & 0x7) != level);
@@ -463,6 +470,7 @@ init_cacheinfo (void)
}
else
{
+ intel_bug_no_cache_info:
/* Assume that all logical threads share the highest cache level. */
asm volatile ("cpuid"
: "=a" (eax), "=b" (ebx), "=c" (ecx), "=d" (edx)