[PATCH stable v4.9 24/35] powerpc/fsl: Add macro to flush the branch predictor

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Thu Apr 11 21:46:19 AEST 2019


From: Diana Craciun <diana.craciun at nxp.com>

commit 1cbf8990d79ff69da8ad09e8a3df014e1494462b upstream.

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>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
index 24e95be3bfaf..bbd35ba36a22 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
@@ -780,4 +780,25 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_601)
 	.long 0x2400004c  /* rfid				*/
 #endif /* !CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E */
 #endif /*  __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+/*
+ * Helper macro for exception table entries
+ */
+#define EX_TABLE(_fault, _target)		\
+	stringify_in_c(.section __ex_table,"a";)\
+	stringify_in_c(.balign 4;)		\
+	stringify_in_c(.long (_fault) - . ;)	\
+	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 */
-- 
2.20.1



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