[PATCH 1/2] powerpc/math-emu: move the flush FPU state function into do_mathemu

Kevin Hao haokexin at gmail.com
Sun Jul 14 18:11:04 EST 2013


On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 05:34:45PM -0700, Matt Helsley wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 08:21:54PM +0800, Kevin Hao wrote:
> > By doing this we can make sure that the FPU state is only flushed to
> > the thread struct when it is really needed.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kevin Hao <haokexin at gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c  | 9 ---------
> >  arch/powerpc/math-emu/math.c | 9 +++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
> > index bf33c22..58a8065 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
> > @@ -1131,15 +1131,6 @@ void __kprobes program_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
> >  	 * instruction or only on FP instructions, whether there is a
> >  	 * pattern to occurrences etc. -dgibson 31/Mar/2003
> >  	 */
> > -
> > -	/*
> > -	 * If we support a HW FPU, we need to ensure the FP state
> > -	 * if flushed into the thread_struct before attempting
> > -	 * emulation
> > -	 */
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FPU
> > -	flush_fp_to_thread(current);
> > -#endif
> >  	switch (do_mathemu(regs)) {
> >  	case 0:
> >  		emulate_single_step(regs);
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/math-emu/math.c b/arch/powerpc/math-emu/math.c
> > index 3fe8e35..18ce6a7 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/math-emu/math.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/math-emu/math.c
> > @@ -420,6 +420,15 @@ do_mathemu(struct pt_regs *regs)
> >  		goto illegal;
> >  	}
> > 
> > +	/*
> > +	 * If we support a HW FPU, we need to ensure the FP state
> > +	 * if flushed into the thread_struct before attempting
> 
> As long as you're moving the comment you could fix up the spelling
> error: s/if/is/

Fixed. Thanks Matt.

Kevin

> 
> Cheers,
> 	-Matt Helsley
> 
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