Re: [PATCH RFC 47/67] MIPS: kernel: branch: Prevent BEQL emulation for MIPS R6

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On 12/18/2014 10:09, Markos Chandras wrote:
> MIPS R6 removed the BEQL instruction so do not try to emulate it
> if the R2-to-R6 emulator is not present.

How does this affect code for the old ISAs, MIPS-II to MIPS-IV?  I.e., the SGIs
and the R10K CPUs that have to worry about the R10000_LLSC_WAR workaround and
use branch-likely insns?

--J


> Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/mips/kernel/branch.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/branch.c b/arch/mips/kernel/branch.c
> index 5f2a168c37fd..539d059ba4fb 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/branch.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/branch.c
> @@ -572,6 +572,10 @@ int __compute_return_epc_for_insn(struct pt_regs *regs,
>  	 */
>  	case beq_op:
>  	case beql_op:
> +		if (NO_R6EMU && insn.i_format.opcode == beql_op) {
> +			ret = -SIGILL;
> +			break;
> +		}
>  		if (regs->regs[insn.i_format.rs] ==
>  		    regs->regs[insn.i_format.rt]) {
>  			epc = epc + 4 + (insn.i_format.simmediate << 2);
> 







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