[PATCH 1/1] powerpc: Emulate paste instruction

2017-12-19 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Michael Neuling On POWER9 DD2.1 and below there are issues when the paste instruction generates an error. If an error occurs when thread reconfiguration happens (ie another thread in the core goes into/out of powersave) the core may hang. To avoid this a special

[PATCH 1/1] powerpc: Emulate paste instruction

2017-12-19 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Michael Neuling On POWER9 DD2.1 and below there are issues when the paste instruction generates an error. If an error occurs when thread reconfiguration happens (ie another thread in the core goes into/out of powersave) the core may hang. To avoid this a special sequence is required which