Michael Ellerman [mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
>
> eg. here.
>
> This is the fast path of context switch.
>
> That expands to:
>
> if (!(mfmsr() & MSR_S))
> asm volatile("mfspr %0, SPRN_BESCR" : "=r" (rval));
> if (!(mfmsr() & MSR_S))
> asm volatile("mfspr %0, SPRN_EBBHR" : "=r" (rval));
> if (!(mfmsr() & MSR_S))
> asm volatile("mfspr %0, SPRN_EBBRR" : "=r" (rval));
>
Yes, should have optimized this at least :-)
>
> If the Ultravisor is going to disable EBB and BHRB then we need new
> CPU_FTR bits for those, and the code that accesses those registers
> needs to be put behind cpu_has_feature(EBB) etc.
Will try the cpu_has_feature(). Would it be ok to use a single feature
bit, like UV or make it per-register group as that could need more
feature bits?
Thanks,
Sukadev
