+2007-10-09 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
+
+ * sysdeps/x86_64/cacheinfo.c (init_cacheinfo): Work around problem
+ with some Pentium Ds.
+
2007-10-08 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/eventfd_read.c (eventfd_read): Use
"<U0044><U006F><U006E><U006E><U0065><U0072><U0073><U0074><U0061><U0067>";/
"<U0046><U0072><U0065><U0069><U0074><U0061><U0067>";/
"<U0053><U0061><U006D><U0073><U0074><U0061><U0067>"
-week 7;19971201;4
abmon "<U004A><U0061><U006E>";"<U0046><U0065><U0062>";/
"<U004D><U00E4><U0072>";"<U0041><U0070><U0072>";/
"<U004D><U0061><U0069>";"<U004A><U0075><U006E>";/
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);
}
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)