[3.11.y.z extended stable] Patch "powerpc: Add vr save/restore functions" has been added to staging queue

Luis Henriques luis.henriques at canonical.com
Wed May 14 14:58:07 UTC 2014


This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    powerpc: Add vr save/restore functions

to the linux-3.11.y-queue branch of the 3.11.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.11.y-queue

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.11.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Luis

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>From 01ef202b304eac6fc19ee5c162ec52720560407a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:31:17 +0100
Subject: powerpc: Add vr save/restore functions

commit 8fe9c93e7453e67b8bd09f263ec1bb0783c733fc upstream.

GCC 4.8 now generates out-of-line vr save/restore functions when
optimizing for size.  They are needed for the raid6 altivec support.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux at roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.S | 186 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 scripts/mod/modpost.c        |   8 +-
 2 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.S
index b2c68ce..a5b30c7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.S
@@ -231,6 +231,87 @@ _GLOBAL(_rest32gpr_31_x)
 	mr	1,11
 	blr

+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
+/* Called with r0 pointing just beyond the end of the vector save area.  */
+
+_GLOBAL(_savevr_20)
+	li	r11,-192
+	stvx	vr20,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_savevr_21)
+	li	r11,-176
+	stvx	vr21,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_savevr_22)
+	li	r11,-160
+	stvx	vr22,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_savevr_23)
+	li	r11,-144
+	stvx	vr23,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_savevr_24)
+	li	r11,-128
+	stvx	vr24,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_savevr_25)
+	li	r11,-112
+	stvx	vr25,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_savevr_26)
+	li	r11,-96
+	stvx	vr26,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_savevr_27)
+	li	r11,-80
+	stvx	vr27,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_savevr_28)
+	li	r11,-64
+	stvx	vr28,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_savevr_29)
+	li	r11,-48
+	stvx	vr29,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_savevr_30)
+	li	r11,-32
+	stvx	vr30,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_savevr_31)
+	li	r11,-16
+	stvx	vr31,r11,r0
+	blr
+
+_GLOBAL(_restvr_20)
+	li	r11,-192
+	lvx	vr20,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_restvr_21)
+	li	r11,-176
+	lvx	vr21,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_restvr_22)
+	li	r11,-160
+	lvx	vr22,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_restvr_23)
+	li	r11,-144
+	lvx	vr23,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_restvr_24)
+	li	r11,-128
+	lvx	vr24,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_restvr_25)
+	li	r11,-112
+	lvx	vr25,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_restvr_26)
+	li	r11,-96
+	lvx	vr26,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_restvr_27)
+	li	r11,-80
+	lvx	vr27,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_restvr_28)
+	li	r11,-64
+	lvx	vr28,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_restvr_29)
+	li	r11,-48
+	lvx	vr29,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_restvr_30)
+	li	r11,-32
+	lvx	vr30,r11,r0
+_GLOBAL(_restvr_31)
+	li	r11,-16
+	lvx	vr31,r11,r0
+	blr
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
+
 #else /* CONFIG_PPC64 */

 	.section ".text.save.restore","ax", at progbits
@@ -356,6 +437,111 @@ _restgpr0_31:
 	mtlr	r0
 	blr

+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
+/* Called with r0 pointing just beyond the end of the vector save area.  */
+
+.globl	_savevr_20
+_savevr_20:
+	li	r12,-192
+	stvx	vr20,r12,r0
+.globl	_savevr_21
+_savevr_21:
+	li	r12,-176
+	stvx	vr21,r12,r0
+.globl	_savevr_22
+_savevr_22:
+	li	r12,-160
+	stvx	vr22,r12,r0
+.globl	_savevr_23
+_savevr_23:
+	li	r12,-144
+	stvx	vr23,r12,r0
+.globl	_savevr_24
+_savevr_24:
+	li	r12,-128
+	stvx	vr24,r12,r0
+.globl	_savevr_25
+_savevr_25:
+	li	r12,-112
+	stvx	vr25,r12,r0
+.globl	_savevr_26
+_savevr_26:
+	li	r12,-96
+	stvx	vr26,r12,r0
+.globl	_savevr_27
+_savevr_27:
+	li	r12,-80
+	stvx	vr27,r12,r0
+.globl	_savevr_28
+_savevr_28:
+	li	r12,-64
+	stvx	vr28,r12,r0
+.globl	_savevr_29
+_savevr_29:
+	li	r12,-48
+	stvx	vr29,r12,r0
+.globl	_savevr_30
+_savevr_30:
+	li	r12,-32
+	stvx	vr30,r12,r0
+.globl	_savevr_31
+_savevr_31:
+	li	r12,-16
+	stvx	vr31,r12,r0
+	blr
+
+.globl	_restvr_20
+_restvr_20:
+	li	r12,-192
+	lvx	vr20,r12,r0
+.globl	_restvr_21
+_restvr_21:
+	li	r12,-176
+	lvx	vr21,r12,r0
+.globl	_restvr_22
+_restvr_22:
+	li	r12,-160
+	lvx	vr22,r12,r0
+.globl	_restvr_23
+_restvr_23:
+	li	r12,-144
+	lvx	vr23,r12,r0
+.globl	_restvr_24
+_restvr_24:
+	li	r12,-128
+	lvx	vr24,r12,r0
+.globl	_restvr_25
+_restvr_25:
+	li	r12,-112
+	lvx	vr25,r12,r0
+.globl	_restvr_26
+_restvr_26:
+	li	r12,-96
+	lvx	vr26,r12,r0
+.globl	_restvr_27
+_restvr_27:
+	li	r12,-80
+	lvx	vr27,r12,r0
+.globl	_restvr_28
+_restvr_28:
+	li	r12,-64
+	lvx	vr28,r12,r0
+.globl	_restvr_29
+_restvr_29:
+	li	r12,-48
+	lvx	vr29,r12,r0
+.globl	_restvr_30
+_restvr_30:
+	li	r12,-32
+	lvx	vr30,r12,r0
+.globl	_restvr_31
+_restvr_31:
+	li	r12,-16
+	lvx	vr31,r12,r0
+	blr
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */

 #endif
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 6216434..d820fc6 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -573,12 +573,16 @@ static int ignore_undef_symbol(struct elf_info *info, const char *symname)
 		if (strncmp(symname, "_restgpr_", sizeof("_restgpr_") - 1) == 0 ||
 		    strncmp(symname, "_savegpr_", sizeof("_savegpr_") - 1) == 0 ||
 		    strncmp(symname, "_rest32gpr_", sizeof("_rest32gpr_") - 1) == 0 ||
-		    strncmp(symname, "_save32gpr_", sizeof("_save32gpr_") - 1) == 0)
+		    strncmp(symname, "_save32gpr_", sizeof("_save32gpr_") - 1) == 0 ||
+		    strncmp(symname, "_restvr_", sizeof("_restvr_") - 1) == 0 ||
+		    strncmp(symname, "_savevr_", sizeof("_savevr_") - 1) == 0)
 			return 1;
 	if (info->hdr->e_machine == EM_PPC64)
 		/* Special register function linked on all modules during final link of .ko */
 		if (strncmp(symname, "_restgpr0_", sizeof("_restgpr0_") - 1) == 0 ||
-		    strncmp(symname, "_savegpr0_", sizeof("_savegpr0_") - 1) == 0)
+		    strncmp(symname, "_savegpr0_", sizeof("_savegpr0_") - 1) == 0 ||
+		    strncmp(symname, "_restvr_", sizeof("_restvr_") - 1) == 0 ||
+		    strncmp(symname, "_savevr_", sizeof("_savevr_") - 1) == 0)
 			return 1;
 	/* Do not ignore this symbol */
 	return 0;
--
1.9.1





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