[PATCH v4 2/3] powerpc/modules: Don't try to restore r2 after a sibling call

Josh Poimboeuf jpoimboe at redhat.com
Thu Nov 16 12:26:28 AEDT 2017


On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 02:58:33PM +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote:
> > +int instr_is_link_branch(unsigned int instr)
> > +{
> > +	return (instr_is_branch_iform(instr) || instr_is_branch_bform(instr)) &&
> > +	       (instr & BRANCH_SET_LINK);
> > +}
> > +
> 
> Nitpicking here, but since we're not considering the other branch forms,
> perhaps this can be renamed to instr_is_link_relative_branch() (or maybe
> instr_is_relative_branch_link()), just so we're clear :)

My understanding is that the absolute/relative bit isn't a "form", but
rather a bit that can be set for either the b-form (conditional) or the
i-form (unconditional).  And the above function isn't checking the
absolute bit, so it isn't necessarily a relative branch.  Or did I miss
something?

-- 
Josh


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