[PATCH] powerpc: Fix definition of SIAR register
Paul Mackerras
paulus at ozlabs.org
Thu May 12 14:57:56 AEST 2016
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:15:47AM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
>
> >> +#define SPRN_SIAR 796
>
> I'm sure there's a reason (iSeries?) we used the r/o version before. Better introduce a new constant that gives us rw access and use that in the kvm entry/exit code.
I don't think we ever did any performance monitoring on iSeries, and
in any case, we have removed the iSeries code. I think we should just
use the privileged, read/write number (i.e. 796).
Paul.
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