[PATCH v2] powerpc: Add ppc_inst_as_u64()
Michael Ellerman
patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Tue Jun 9 15:29:16 AEST 2020
On Tue, 26 May 2020 17:26:30 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> The code patching code wants to get the value of a struct ppc_inst as
> a u64 when the instruction is prefixed, so we can pass the u64 down to
> __put_user_asm() and write it with a single store.
>
> The optprobes code wants to load a struct ppc_inst as an immediate
> into a register so it is useful to have it as a u64 to use the
> existing helper function.
>
> [...]
Applied to powerpc/next.
[1/1] powerpc: Add ppc_inst_as_u64()
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/16ef9767e4dc5cf03a71ae7bc2bc588dbbe7983e
cheers
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