[RFC PATCH 5/9] powerpc/64s: Remove EXSLB interrupt save area
Nicholas Piggin
npiggin at gmail.com
Tue Feb 2 14:03:09 AEDT 2021
SLB faults should not be taken while the PACA save areas are live, so
EXSLB is not be required.
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h | 3 +--
arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 1 -
arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S | 5 -----
3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h
index 9454d29ff4b4..be0b00cb9fbb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ struct paca_struct {
*/
/* used for most interrupts/exceptions */
u64 exgen[EX_SIZE] __attribute__((aligned(0x80)));
- u64 exslb[EX_SIZE]; /* used for SLB/segment table misses
- * on the linear mapping */
+
/* SLB related definitions */
u16 vmalloc_sllp;
u8 slb_cache_ptr;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 489a22cf1a92..51302fb74d14 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ int main(void)
#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_MM_SLICES */
OFFSET(PACA_EXGEN, paca_struct, exgen);
OFFSET(PACA_EXMC, paca_struct, exmc);
- OFFSET(PACA_EXSLB, paca_struct, exslb);
OFFSET(PACA_EXNMI, paca_struct, exnmi);
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES
OFFSET(PACALPPACAPTR, paca_struct, lppaca_ptr);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index e964ea5149e8..c893801eb1d5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -1412,13 +1412,9 @@ ALT_MMU_FTR_SECTION_END_IFCLR(MMU_FTR_TYPE_RADIX)
* on user-handler data structures.
*
* KVM: Same as 0x300, DSLB must test for KVM guest.
- *
- * A dedicated save area EXSLB is used (XXX: but it actually need not be
- * these days, we could use EXGEN).
*/
INT_DEFINE_BEGIN(data_access_slb)
IVEC=0x380
- IAREA=PACA_EXSLB
IRECONCILE=0
IDAR=1
IKVM_REAL=1
@@ -1507,7 +1503,6 @@ ALT_MMU_FTR_SECTION_END_IFCLR(MMU_FTR_TYPE_RADIX)
*/
INT_DEFINE_BEGIN(instruction_access_slb)
IVEC=0x480
- IAREA=PACA_EXSLB
IRECONCILE=0
IISIDE=1
IDAR=1
--
2.23.0
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