If we're running on a CPU without VMX/VSX then don't touch them. This
is fragile, the compiler could spill a VMX/VSX register and break the
test anyway. But in practice it seems to work, ie. the test runs to
completion on a system without VSX with this change.
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <m...@ellerman.id.au>
---
tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/context_switch.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/context_switch.c
b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/context_switch.c
index d50cc05df495..96554e2794d1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/context_switch.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/context_switch.c
@@ -481,6 +481,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
else
printf("futex");
+ if (!have_hwcap(PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC))
+ touch_altivec = 0;
+
+ if (!have_hwcap(PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX))
+ touch_vector = 0;
+
printf(" on cpus %d/%d touching FP:%s altivec:%s vector:%s vdso:%s\n",
cpu1, cpu2, touch_fp ? "yes" : "no", touch_altivec ? "yes" :
"no",
touch_vector ? "yes" : "no", touch_vdso ? "yes" : "no");
--
2.25.1
