[PATCH] powerpc: Setup BHRB instructions facility in HFSCR for POWER8

Anshuman Khandual khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Apr 26 16:54:55 EST 2013


Make BHRB instructions available in problem and privileged states.

Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h        | 1 +
 arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_power.S | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
index 0bee933..e8afd35 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@
 #define SPRN_HFSCR	0xbe	/* HV=1 Facility Status & Control Register */
 #define   HFSCR_TAR	(1 << (63-55)) /* Enable Target Address Register */
 #define   HFSCR_TM	(1 << (63-58)) /* Enable Transactional Memory */
+#define   HFSCR_BHRB	(1 << (63-59)) /* Enable Branch History Rolling Buffer */
 #define   HFSCR_DSCR	(1 << (63-61)) /* Enable Data Stream Control Register */
 #define   HFSCR_VECVSX	(1 << (63-62)) /* Enable VMX/VSX  */
 #define   HFSCR_FP	(1 << (63-63)) /* Enable Floating Point */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_power.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_power.S
index be0c12d..e673429 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_power.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_power.S
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ __init_FSCR:
 
 __init_HFSCR:
 	mfspr	r3,SPRN_HFSCR
-	ori	r3,r3,HFSCR_TAR|HFSCR_TM|HFSCR_DSCR|HFSCR_VECVSX|HFSCR_FP
+	ori	r3,r3,HFSCR_TAR|HFSCR_TM|HFSCR_BHRB|\
+				HFSCR_DSCR|HFSCR_VECVSX|HFSCR_FP
 	mtspr	SPRN_HFSCR,r3
 	blr
 
-- 
1.7.11.7



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