[PATCH 7/7] powerpc/64/kdump: Use ppc_save_regs() in crash_setup_regs()
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Wed Jan 7 14:16:05 EST 2009
On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 23:09 +0300, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> The patch replaces internal registers dump implementation with
> ppc_save_regs(). From now on PPC64 and PPC32 are using the same
> code for crash_setup_regs().
>
> NOTE: The old regs dump implementation was capturing SP (r1) directly
> as is, so you could see crash_kexec() function on top of the back-trace.
> But ppc_save_regs() goes up one stack frame, so you'll not see it
> anymore, at the top-level you'll see who actually triggered the crash
> dump instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov at ru.mvista.com>
> ---
Note that ppc_save_regs() for some obscure reason isn't saving r1...
Is that a problem for you ? I think we should fix ppc_save_regs()
anyway, it doesn't matter for xmon to save one more register and it will
avoid nasty surprises in the long run.
Can you send an updated patch ?
Thanks !
Ben.
> p.s.
> The patch is the last in the series, so you can easily drop it
> until somebody actually test it (I don't have any PPC64 machine,
> so I'm looking for volunteers. :-)
>
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h | 55 --------------------------------------
> 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h
> index 6dbffc9..7e06b43 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h
> @@ -48,63 +48,8 @@ static inline void crash_setup_regs(struct pt_regs *newregs,
> {
> if (oldregs)
> memcpy(newregs, oldregs, sizeof(*newregs));
> -#ifdef __powerpc64__
> - else {
> - /* FIXME Merge this with xmon_save_regs ?? */
> - unsigned long tmp1, tmp2;
> - __asm__ __volatile__ (
> - "std 0,0(%2)\n"
> - "std 1,8(%2)\n"
> - "std 2,16(%2)\n"
> - "std 3,24(%2)\n"
> - "std 4,32(%2)\n"
> - "std 5,40(%2)\n"
> - "std 6,48(%2)\n"
> - "std 7,56(%2)\n"
> - "std 8,64(%2)\n"
> - "std 9,72(%2)\n"
> - "std 10,80(%2)\n"
> - "std 11,88(%2)\n"
> - "std 12,96(%2)\n"
> - "std 13,104(%2)\n"
> - "std 14,112(%2)\n"
> - "std 15,120(%2)\n"
> - "std 16,128(%2)\n"
> - "std 17,136(%2)\n"
> - "std 18,144(%2)\n"
> - "std 19,152(%2)\n"
> - "std 20,160(%2)\n"
> - "std 21,168(%2)\n"
> - "std 22,176(%2)\n"
> - "std 23,184(%2)\n"
> - "std 24,192(%2)\n"
> - "std 25,200(%2)\n"
> - "std 26,208(%2)\n"
> - "std 27,216(%2)\n"
> - "std 28,224(%2)\n"
> - "std 29,232(%2)\n"
> - "std 30,240(%2)\n"
> - "std 31,248(%2)\n"
> - "mfmsr %0\n"
> - "std %0, 264(%2)\n"
> - "mfctr %0\n"
> - "std %0, 280(%2)\n"
> - "mflr %0\n"
> - "std %0, 288(%2)\n"
> - "bl 1f\n"
> - "1: mflr %1\n"
> - "std %1, 256(%2)\n"
> - "mtlr %0\n"
> - "mfxer %0\n"
> - "std %0, 296(%2)\n"
> - : "=&r" (tmp1), "=&r" (tmp2)
> - : "b" (newregs)
> - : "memory");
> - }
> -#else
> else
> ppc_save_regs(newregs);
> -#endif /* __powerpc64__ */
> }
>
> extern void kexec_smp_wait(void); /* get and clear naca physid, wait for
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