[PATCH 02/11] powerpc/fsl: Add macro to flush the branch predictor
Diana Craciun
diana.craciun at nxp.com
Thu Dec 13 01:03:01 AEDT 2018
The BUCSR register can be used to invalidate the entries in the
branch prediction mechanisms.
Signed-off-by: Diana Craciun <diana.craciun at nxp.com>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
index b5d0236..5c901bf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
@@ -821,4 +821,14 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_601)
stringify_in_c(.long (_target) - . ;) \
stringify_in_c(.previous)
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
+#define BTB_FLUSH(reg) \
+ lis reg,BUCSR_INIT at h; \
+ ori reg,reg,BUCSR_INIT at l; \
+ mtspr SPRN_BUCSR,reg; \
+ isync;
+#else
+#define BTB_FLUSH(reg)
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E */
+
#endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_PPC_ASM_H */
--
2.5.5
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