On LPAR systems we need to inform the hypervisor that we are using the
EBB registers. We do this by setting a bit in the Virtual Processor Area
(VPA) - formerly known as the lppaca.
For now we do this always, ie. we do not dynamically enable/disable.
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mich...@ellerman.id.au>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h | 3 ++-
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h
b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h
index b1e7f2a..9b12f88 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ struct lppaca {
u8 reserved6[48];
u8 cede_latency_hint;
- u8 reserved7[7];
+ u8 ebb_regs_in_use;
+ u8 reserved7[6];
u8 dtl_enable_mask; /* Dispatch Trace Log mask */
u8 donate_dedicated_cpu; /* Donate dedicated CPU cycles */
u8 fpregs_in_use;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
index fd0f2f2..02d6e21 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ void vpa_init(int cpu)
if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC))
lppaca_of(cpu).vmxregs_in_use = 1;
+ if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S))
+ lppaca_of(cpu).ebb_regs_in_use = 1;
+
addr = __pa(&lppaca_of(cpu));
ret = register_vpa(hwcpu, addr);
--
1.7.10.4
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