[PATCH 8/9] powerpc/64s: paca EX_R3 can be merged with EX_DAR

Nicholas Piggin npiggin at gmail.com
Sun May 21 23:15:49 AEST 2017


EX_R3 is used only for a small section of the bad stack handler.
Merge it with EX_DAR.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h
index ba03db14e1e8..aaee57f0e5ad 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@
 #define EX_DAR		40
 #define EX_DSISR	48
 #define EX_CCR		52
-#define EX_R3		56
-#define EX_CFAR		64
-#define EX_PPR		72
-#define EX_CTR		80
+#define EX_CFAR		56
+#define EX_PPR		64
+#define EX_CTR		72
 
-#define EX_SIZE		11	/* size in u64 units */
+#define EX_SIZE		10	/* size in u64 units */
 
 /*
  * EX_LR is only used in EXSLB and where it does not overlap with EX_DAR
@@ -49,6 +48,13 @@
  */
 #define EX_LR		EX_DAR
 
+/*
+ * EX_R3 is only used by the bad_stack handler. bad_stack reloads and
+ * saves DAR from SPRN_DAR, and EX_DAR is not used. So EX_R3 can overlap
+ * with EX_DAR.
+ */
+#define EX_R3		EX_DAR
+
 #ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 /*
-- 
2.11.0



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