Long ago we had some code that actually used the CTR in the SW TLB
miss handlers (603/e300). Since we don't use it no reason to waste
cycles saving it off and restoring it (we actually didn't restore it
in the fast path case).
Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <ga...@kernel.crashing.org>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S | 11 +++--------
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
index d794a63..0105fd5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -472,12 +472,11 @@ SystemCall:
. = 0x1000
InstructionTLBMiss:
/*
- * r0: stored ctr
+ * r0: scratch
* r1: linux style pte ( later becomes ppc hardware pte )
* r2: ptr to linux-style pte
* r3: scratch
*/
- mfctr r0
/* Get PTE (linux-style) and check access */
mfspr r3,SPRN_IMISS
lis r1,page_off...@h /* check if kernel address */
@@ -528,7 +527,6 @@ InstructionAddressInvalid:
addis r1,r1,0x2000
mtspr SPRN_DSISR,r1 /* (shouldn't be needed) */
- mtctr r0 /* Restore CTR */
andi. r2,r3,0xFFFF /* Clear upper bits of SRR1 */
or r2,r2,r1
mtspr SPRN_SRR1,r2
@@ -549,12 +547,11 @@ InstructionAddressInvalid:
. = 0x1100
DataLoadTLBMiss:
/*
- * r0: stored ctr
+ * r0: scratch
* r1: linux style pte ( later becomes ppc hardware pte )
* r2: ptr to linux-style pte
* r3: scratch
*/
- mfctr r0
/* Get PTE (linux-style) and check access */
mfspr r3,SPRN_DMISS
lis r1,page_off...@h /* check if kernel address */
@@ -604,7 +601,6 @@ DataAddressInvalid:
rlwinm r1,r3,9,6,6 /* Get load/store bit */
addis r1,r1,0x2000
mtspr SPRN_DSISR,r1
- mtctr r0 /* Restore CTR */
andi. r2,r3,0xFFFF /* Clear upper bits of SRR1 */
mtspr SPRN_SRR1,r2
mfspr r1,SPRN_DMISS /* Get failing address */
@@ -624,12 +620,11 @@ DataAddressInvalid:
. = 0x1200
DataStoreTLBMiss:
/*
- * r0: stored ctr
+ * r0: scratch
* r1: linux style pte ( later becomes ppc hardware pte )
* r2: ptr to linux-style pte
* r3: scratch
*/
- mfctr r0
/* Get PTE (linux-style) and check access */
mfspr r3,SPRN_DMISS
lis r1,page_off...@h /* check if kernel address */
--
1.5.6.6
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