[PATCH] powerpc: Add POWER8 features to CPU_FTRS_POSSIBLE/ALWAYS

Michael Neuling mikey at neuling.org
Thu Aug 7 09:21:48 EST 2014


On Wed, 2014-08-06 at 15:42 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> We have been a bit slack about updating the CPU_FTRS_POSSIBLE and
> CPU_FTRS_ALWAYS masks. When we added POWER8, and also POWER8E we forgot
> to update the ALWAYS mask. And when we added POWER8_DD1 we forgot to
> update both the POSSIBLE and ALWAYS masks.
> 
> Luckily this hasn't caused any actual bugs AFAICS. Failing to update the
> ALWAYS mask just forgoes a potential optimisation opportunity. Failing
> to update the POSSIBLE mask for POWER8_DD1 is also OK because it only
> removes a bit rather than adding any.
> 
> Regardless they should all be in both masks so as to avoid any future
> bugs when the set of ALWAYS/POSSIBLE bits changes, or the masks
> themselves change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>

CCing Joel but FWIW

Acked-by: Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org>

> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
> index af5598688daf..d696eeb2def0 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
> @@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ extern const char *powerpc_base_platform;
>  #define CPU_FTRS_POSSIBLE	\
>  	    (CPU_FTRS_POWER4 | CPU_FTRS_PPC970 | CPU_FTRS_POWER5 | \
>  	     CPU_FTRS_POWER6 | CPU_FTRS_POWER7 | CPU_FTRS_POWER8E | \
> -	     CPU_FTRS_POWER8 | CPU_FTRS_CELL | CPU_FTRS_PA6T | CPU_FTR_VSX)
> +	     CPU_FTRS_POWER8 | CPU_FTRS_POWER8_DD1 | CPU_FTRS_CELL | \
> +	     CPU_FTRS_PA6T | CPU_FTR_VSX)
>  #endif
>  #else
>  enum {
> @@ -508,7 +509,8 @@ enum {
>  #define CPU_FTRS_ALWAYS		\
>  	    (CPU_FTRS_POWER4 & CPU_FTRS_PPC970 & CPU_FTRS_POWER5 & \
>  	     CPU_FTRS_POWER6 & CPU_FTRS_POWER7 & CPU_FTRS_CELL & \
> -	     CPU_FTRS_PA6T & CPU_FTRS_POSSIBLE)
> +	     CPU_FTRS_PA6T & CPU_FTRS_POWER8 & CPU_FTRS_POWER8E & \
> +	     CPU_FTRS_POWER8_DD1 & CPU_FTRS_POSSIBLE)
>  #endif
>  #else
>  enum {



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