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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] PowerPC: kernel: compiling issue, make additional room in exception vector area
On 2013年04月26日 07:16, Michael Neuling wrote:
>> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
>> > index e789ee7..8997de2 100644
>> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
>> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
>> > @@ -254,7 +254,11 @@ hardware_interrupt_hv:
>> > STD_EXCEPTION_PSERIES(0x800, 0x800, fp_unavailable)
>> > KVM_HANDLER_PR(PACA_EXGEN, EXC_STD, 0x800)
>> >
>> > - MASKABLE_EXCEPTION_PSERIES(0x900, 0x900, decrementer)
>> > + . = 0x900
>> > + .globl decrementer_pSeries
>> > +decrementer_pSeries:
>> > + b decrementer_pSeries_0
>> > +
> Unfortunately you can't do this ether as we need to save the CFAR[1]
> before it's overwritten by any branch. MASKABLE_EXCEPTION_PSERIES does
> this.
>

Thanks for your checking.

> CFAR is the Come From Register. It saves the location of the last
> branch and is hence overwritten by any branch.
>

Do we process it just like others done (e.g. 0x300, 0xe00, 0xe20 ...) ?
. = 0x900
.globl decrementer_pSeries
decrementer_pSeries:
HMT_MEDIUM_PPR_DISCARD
SET_SCRATCH0(r13)
b decrementer_pSeries_0

...


> Thanks for trying.
>

Not at all, before get fixed by other members, I should continue trying.

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Chen Gang

Asianux Corporation
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