[PATCH] powerpc/32: Remove redundant test in transfer_to_handler()

Christophe Leroy christophe.leroy at c-s.fr
Fri Apr 14 23:31:48 AEST 2017


As stated in the comment on top of transfer_to_handler(),
all callers set cr0.eq if the exception occurred in kernel mode
(i.e. MSR:PR = 0)

Therefore, it is not needed to do the test again

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
index a38600949f3a..0651a7438fa6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ transfer_to_handler:
 	stw	r2,GPR2(r11)
 	stw	r12,_NIP(r11)
 	stw	r9,_MSR(r11)
-	andi.	r2,r9,MSR_PR
 	mfctr	r12
 	mfspr	r2,SPRN_XER
 	stw	r12,_CTR(r11)
-- 
2.12.0



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