On Thu, 2016-14-01 at 03:14:58 UTC, Mahesh Salgaonkar wrote: > From: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > OPAL_CALL wrapper code sticks the r1 (stack pointer) into PACAR1 purely > for debugging purpose only. The power7_wakeup* functions relies on stack > pointer saved in PACAR1. Any opal call made using opal wrapper (directly > or in-directly) before we fall through power7_wakeup*, then it ends up > replacing r1 in PACAR1(r13) leading to kernel panic. So far we don't see > any issues because we have never made any opal calls using OPAL wrapper > before power7_wakeup*. But the subsequent HMI patch would need to invoke > C calls during cpu wakeup/idle path that in-directly makes opal call using > opal wrapper. This patch facilitates the subsequent HMI patch by removing > usage of PACAR1 from opal call wrapper. > > Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> cheers -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm-ppc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
