This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled
MIPS: CPS: Don't include MT code in non-MT kernels.
to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree
which can be found at:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.16.y-queue
This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.16.7-ckt19.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please
reply to this email.
For more information about the 3.16.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable
Thanks.
-Luis
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From: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 15:42:37 -0700
Subject: MIPS: CPS: Don't include MT code in non-MT kernels.
commit a5b0f6db0e6cf6224e50f6585e9c8f0c2d38a8f8 upstream.
The MT-specific code in mips_cps_boot_vpes can safely be omitted from
kernels which don't support MT, with the default VPE==0 case being used
as it would be after the has_mt (Config3.MT) check failed at runtime.
Discarding the code entirely will save us a few bytes & allow cleaner
handling of MT ASE instructions by later patches.
Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/10866/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ luis: backported to 3.16: adjusted context ]
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S b/arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S
index 5652af5786ef..acd9bd6daf99 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ LEAF(mips_cps_boot_vpes)
/* Calculate this VPEs ID. If the core doesn't support MT use 0 */
li t9, 0
+#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT
has_mt t6, 1f
/* Find the number of VPEs present in the core */
@@ -329,6 +330,7 @@ LEAF(mips_cps_boot_vpes)
/* Retrieve the VPE ID from EBase.CPUNum */
mfc0 t9, $15, 1
and t9, t9, t1
+#endif
1: /* Calculate a pointer to this VPEs struct vpe_boot_config */
li t1, VPEBOOTCFG_SIZE
