Re: [PATCH] powerpc/64s: optimise syscall entry for virtual, relocatable case

2016-09-19 Thread Balbir Singh
On 15/09/16 19:03, Nicholas Piggin wrote: > The mflr r10 instruction was left over saving of lr when the code used > lr to branch to system_call_entry from the exception handler. That was > changed by 6a404806d to use the count register. The value is never used > now, so mflr can be removed, and

[PATCH] powerpc/64s: optimise syscall entry for virtual, relocatable case

2016-09-15 Thread Nicholas Piggin
The mflr r10 instruction was left over saving of lr when the code used lr to branch to system_call_entry from the exception handler. That was changed by 6a404806d to use the count register. The value is never used now, so mflr can be removed, and r10 can be used for storage rather than spilling to