[PATCH 3/9] powerpc: Add TIF_ELF2ABI flag.
Michael Ellerman
mpe at ellerman.id.au
Thu Nov 21 22:55:03 EST 2013
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 10:15:00PM +1100, Anton Blanchard wrote:
> From: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au>
>
> Little endian ppc64 is getting an exciting new ABI. This is reflected
> by the bottom two bits of e_flags in the ELF header:
>
> 0 == legacy binaries (v1 ABI)
> 1 == binaries using the old ABI (compiled with a new toolchain)
> 2 == binaries using the new ABI.
Just to be ridiculously clear for stupid people like me, you refer here
to the "v1 ABI" and "the old ABI" - they are the same thing - right?
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
> index ba7b197..05a3030 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
> @@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
> #define TIF_EMULATE_STACK_STORE 16 /* Is an instruction emulation
> for stack store? */
> #define TIF_MEMDIE 17 /* is terminating due to OOM killer */
> +#if defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
> +#define TIF_ELF2ABI 18 /* function descriptors must die! */
> +#endif
This is the first TIF flag we #ifdef for 32 vs 64, is that just because
we don't want to waste a flag on 32 bit?
cheers
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