[PATCH] make pmtmr_ioport __read_mostly

- written on init only, accessed for every timer read --> __read_mostly
- fix broken sentence

Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c
index bf421ed26808cec48cc9ca1207865bcee52f0f07..7554458dc9cbb6f35c2d8caf9f0333f5c7e41410 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 /* The I/O port the PMTMR resides at.
  * The location is detected during setup_arch(),
  * in arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c */
-u32 pmtmr_ioport;
+u32 pmtmr_ioport __read_mostly;
 
 /* value of the Power timer at last timer interrupt */
 static u32 offset_delay;

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c b/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
index 9217be5048d53f795db98851bbfabaa67aee6d44..066dc77433d5e25991f31df84de3a126edaffd3e 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  * The location is detected during setup_arch(),
  * in arch/i386/acpi/boot.c
  */
-u32 pmtmr_ioport;
+u32 pmtmr_ioport __read_mostly;
 
 #define ACPI_PM_MASK 0xFFFFFF /* limit it to 24 bits */
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static cycle_t acpi_pm_read_verified(void)
        /*
         * It has been reported that because of various broken
         * chipsets (ICH4, PIIX4 and PIIX4E) where the ACPI PM clock
-        * source is not latched, so you must read it multiple
+        * source is not latched, you must read it multiple
         * times to ensure a safe value is read:
         */
        do {