[PATCH] powerpc: Fix definition of SIAR register
Thomas Huth
thuth at redhat.com
Thu May 12 17:27:40 AEST 2016
On 12.05.2016 06:57, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> 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).
Ok, then I'll simply add the fix for SDAR to my patch as well, test it
and submit it again.
Thomas
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