Re: [PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR

2012-12-10 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 17:49 -0800, Haren Myneni wrote: > On 11/22/2012 07:39 PM, Michael Neuling wrote: > > Haren Myneni wrote: > > > >> [PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR > > > > Maybe we should change the names > > HTM_MEDI

[PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR

2012-12-06 Thread Haren Myneni
[PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR Several macros are defined for saving and restore user defined PPR value. Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni --- arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h | 37 ++ arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h | 25

Re: [PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR

2012-11-26 Thread Haren Myneni
On 11/22/2012 07:39 PM, Michael Neuling wrote: > Haren Myneni wrote: > >> [PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR >> >> Several macros are defined for saving and restore user defined PPR value. >> >> Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni >> --- &g

Re: [PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR

2012-11-22 Thread Michael Neuling
Haren Myneni wrote: > [PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR > > Several macros are defined for saving and restore user defined PPR value. > > Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni > --- > arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h | 29 + &g

[PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR

2012-10-30 Thread Haren Myneni
[PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR Several macros are defined for saving and restore user defined PPR value. Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni --- arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h | 29 + arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h | 25

Re: [PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR

2012-09-10 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2012-09-10 at 22:18 -0700, Haren Myneni wrote: > We can also use thread struct, but the saved ppr is needed as long as > the process is in kernel context. Once the process exits, we do not need > this value - means the kernel or any other command will not be reading > this value. > > Even

Re: [PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR

2012-09-10 Thread Haren Myneni
On 09/09/2012 09:24 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Sun, 2012-09-09 at 04:43 -0700, Haren Myneni wrote: >> Several macros are defined for saving and restore user defined PPR value. >> >> Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni >> --- >> arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h | 35 >> +

Re: [PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR

2012-09-09 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Sun, 2012-09-09 at 04:43 -0700, Haren Myneni wrote: > Several macros are defined for saving and restore user defined PPR value. > > Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni > --- > arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h | 35 > ++ > arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h

[PATCH 5/6] powerpc: Macros for saving/restore PPR

2012-09-09 Thread Haren Myneni
Several macros are defined for saving and restore user defined PPR value. Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni --- arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h | 35 ++ arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h |1 + 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/power