[PATCH] selftests/powerpc: Only test lwm/stmw on big endian

[Libor Pechacek]

On Út 19-01-21 15:18:00, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Newer binutils (>= 2.36) refuse to assemble lmw/stmw when building in
> little endian mode. That breaks compilation of our alignment handler
> test:
> 
>   /tmp/cco4l14N.s: Assembler messages:
>   /tmp/cco4l14N.s:1440: Error: `lmw' invalid when little-endian
>   /tmp/cco4l14N.s:1814: Error: `stmw' invalid when little-endian
>   make[2]: *** [../../lib.mk:139: /output/kselftest/powerpc/alignment/alignment_handler] Error 1
> 
> These tests do pass on little endian machines, as the kernel will
> still emulate those instructions even when running little
> endian (which is arguably a kernel bug).
> 
> But we don't really need to test that case, so ifdef those
> instructions out to get the alignment test building again.
> 
> Reported-by: Libor Pechacek <lpechacek at suse.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>

Tested-by: Libor Pechacek <lpechacek at suse.com>

Thanks, Michael, for the fix!

Libor

> ---
>  .../testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/alignment_handler.c  | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/alignment_handler.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/alignment_handler.c
> index cb53a8b777e6..c25cf7cd45e9 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/alignment_handler.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/alignment_handler.c
> @@ -443,7 +443,6 @@ int test_alignment_handler_integer(void)
>  	LOAD_DFORM_TEST(ldu);
>  	LOAD_XFORM_TEST(ldx);
>  	LOAD_XFORM_TEST(ldux);
> -	LOAD_DFORM_TEST(lmw);
>  	STORE_DFORM_TEST(stb);
>  	STORE_XFORM_TEST(stbx);
>  	STORE_DFORM_TEST(stbu);
> @@ -462,7 +461,11 @@ int test_alignment_handler_integer(void)
>  	STORE_XFORM_TEST(stdx);
>  	STORE_DFORM_TEST(stdu);
>  	STORE_XFORM_TEST(stdux);
> +
> +#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
> +	LOAD_DFORM_TEST(lmw);
>  	STORE_DFORM_TEST(stmw);
> +#endif
>  
>  	return rc;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

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Libor Pechacek
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