Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] powerpc/32: Remove redundant test in transfer_to_handler() | From | Christophe LEROY <> | Date | Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:27:50 +0200 |
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Le 14/04/2017 à 15:31, Christophe Leroy a écrit : > As stated in the comment on top of transfer_to_handler(), > all callers set cr0.eq if the exception occurred in kernel mode > (i.e. MSR:PR = 0) > > Therefore, it is not needed to do the test again
Indeed, all callers set cr0.eq as required .... except that some of them just destroy it by inserting another test before calling transfer_to_handler().
So this patch cannot be applied as is at the time being.
Christophe
> > Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr> > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S | 1 - > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S > index a38600949f3a..0651a7438fa6 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S > @@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ transfer_to_handler: > stw r2,GPR2(r11) > stw r12,_NIP(r11) > stw r9,_MSR(r11) > - andi. r2,r9,MSR_PR > mfctr r12 > mfspr r2,SPRN_XER > stw r12,_CTR(r11) >
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