[PATCH] powerpc/64s: relocation, register save fixes for system reset interrupt

[Nicholas Piggin]

On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 14:15:48 +0530
Gautham R Shenoy <ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Hi Nick,
> 
> On Wed, Nov 02, 2016 at 07:36:24PM +1100, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> > 
> > Okay, I'll work with that. What's the best way to make a P8 do
> > winkle sleeps?  
> 
> From the userspace, offlining the CPUs of the core will put them to
> winkle.

Thanks for this. Hum, that r13 manipulation throughout the idle
and exception code is a bit interesting. I'll do the minimal patch
for 4.9, but what's the reason not to just use the winkle state
in the PACA rather than storing it into HSPRG0 bit, can you (or
Shreyas) explain?

Thanks,
Nick