[PATCH v3 4/5] powerpc/lib/sstep: Add prty instruction emulation

[Michael Ellerman]

Segher Boessenkool <segher at kernel.crashing.org> writes:

> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 08:03:30PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Segher Boessenkool <segher at kernel.crashing.org> writes:
>> > A general question about these patches: some things are inside #ifdef
>> > __powerpc64__, some are not.  It seems it is the wrong macro, and it
>> > should be used (or not used) consistently?
>> 
>> Why is it the wrong macro? Because we tend to use CONFIG_PPC64 you mean?
>
> Yeah.  But I see sstep.c already mixes those two at will (or if there
> is a distinction, I'm not seeing it :-) )

Yeah OK. In practice they're equivalent, if CONFIG_PPC64=y then the
kernel is built 64-bit and therefore __powerpc64__ is defined.

But I agree it's a mess, we should use CONFIG_PPC64 exclusively unless
there's some reason not to (which I don't think there ever is).

>> I thought the reason some are #ifdef'ed is that some are 64-bit only.
>> ie. bpermd is 64-bit only ?
>
> 64-bit only, in what way?  It's not clear what the rules are.

Instructions that have "d" in the name? :P

> It's not instructions that can only run in 64-bit mode.
> It's not instructions that only give a usable result with 64-bit regs
> implemented.
> It's not instructions only implemented on 64-bit CPUs.

I think it's trying to be that ^

If you build a 32-bit kernel then instructions that are only defined on
64-bit CPUs should be treated as illegal, so the easiest way to achieve
that is to #ifdef off the code for those instructions.

cheers