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From: Matt Helsley <matthltc@linux•vnet.ibm.com>
To: Kevin Hao <haokexin@gmail•com>
Cc: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale•com>,
	linuxppc <linuxppc-dev@lists•ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc/math-emu: move the flush FPU state function into do_mathemu
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:34:45 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130712003445.GC14599@us.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1373545315-9219-2-git-send-email-haokexin@gmail.com>

On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 08:21:54PM +0800, Kevin Hao wrote:
> By doing this we can make sure that the FPU state is only flushed to
> the thread struct when it is really needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Hao <haokexin@gmail•com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c  | 9 ---------
>  arch/powerpc/math-emu/math.c | 9 +++++++++
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
> index bf33c22..58a8065 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
> @@ -1131,15 +1131,6 @@ void __kprobes program_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	 * instruction or only on FP instructions, whether there is a
>  	 * pattern to occurrences etc. -dgibson 31/Mar/2003
>  	 */
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * If we support a HW FPU, we need to ensure the FP state
> -	 * if flushed into the thread_struct before attempting
> -	 * emulation
> -	 */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FPU
> -	flush_fp_to_thread(current);
> -#endif
>  	switch (do_mathemu(regs)) {
>  	case 0:
>  		emulate_single_step(regs);
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/math-emu/math.c b/arch/powerpc/math-emu/math.c
> index 3fe8e35..18ce6a7 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/math-emu/math.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/math-emu/math.c
> @@ -420,6 +420,15 @@ do_mathemu(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  		goto illegal;
>  	}
> 
> +	/*
> +	 * If we support a HW FPU, we need to ensure the FP state
> +	 * if flushed into the thread_struct before attempting

As long as you're moving the comment you could fix up the spelling
error: s/if/is/

Cheers,
	-Matt Helsley

  reply	other threads:[~2013-07-12 20:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-11 12:21 [PATCH 0/2] powerpc/math-emu: two patches for the emulation of the FPU unimplemented instructions Kevin Hao
2013-07-11 12:21 ` [PATCH 1/2] powerpc/math-emu: move the flush FPU state function into do_mathemu Kevin Hao
2013-07-12  0:34   ` Matt Helsley [this message]
2013-07-14  8:11     ` Kevin Hao
2013-07-11 12:21 ` [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/math-emu: keep track of the instructions unimplemented by FPU Kevin Hao
2013-07-11 12:45   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-07-11 14:30     ` Scott Wood
2013-07-12  2:25       ` Kevin Hao
2013-07-12 20:53         ` Scott Wood
2013-07-12 23:05           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-07-12  2:07     ` Kevin Hao
2013-07-12  3:56       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-07-12  5:05         ` Kevin Hao

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