Re: [PATCH] Re: time() glitch on 2.4.18: solved

[Willy Tarreau]

BTW, why not trying to resync, with something like :

   if (count >= LATCH)
	count = (count >> 8) | inb(0x40) << 8;

Cheers,
Willy

>  		count = inb_p(0x40);    /* read the latched count */
>  		count |= inb(0x40) << 8;
> +
> +		/* Any unpaired read will cause the above to swap MSB/LSB
> +		   forever.  Try to detect this and reset the counter. */
> +		if (count > LATCH) {
> +			outb_p(0x34, 0x43);
> +			outb_p(LATCH & 0xff, 0x40);
> +			outb(LATCH >> 8, 0x40);
> +			count = LATCH - 1;
> +		}
> +
>  		spin_unlock(&i8253_lock);
>  
>  		count = ((LATCH-1) - count) * TICK_SIZE;
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