http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-07/msg00206.html
The union loses when little-endian.
* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/hp-timing.h (HP_TIMING_NOW):
Don't use a union to pack hi/low value.
+2013-10-04 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/hp-timing.h (HP_TIMING_NOW):
+ Don't use a union to pack hi/low value.
+
2013-10-04 Anton Blanchard <anton@au1.ibm.com>
* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/fpu/s_ceilf.S: Correct float constants
#define HP_TIMING_NOW(Var) \
do { \
- union { long long ll; long ii[2]; } _var; \
- long tmp; \
- __asm__ __volatile__ ( \
- "1: mfspr %0,269;" \
- " mfspr %1,268;" \
- " mfspr %2,269;" \
- " cmpw %0,%2;" \
- " bne 1b;" \
- : "=r" (_var.ii[0]), "=r" (_var.ii[1]) , "=r" (tmp) \
- : : "cr0" \
- ); \
- Var = _var.ll; \
+ unsigned int hi, lo, tmp; \
+ __asm__ __volatile__ ("1: mfspr %0,269;" \
+ " mfspr %1,268;" \
+ " mfspr %2,269;" \
+ " cmpw %0,%2;" \
+ " bne 1b;" \
+ : "=&r" (hi), "=&r" (lo), "=&r" (tmp) \
+ : : "cr0"); \
+ Var = ((hp_timing_t) hi << 32) | lo; \
} while (0)