On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 07:10:53PM -0600, James Yang wrote: > On Thu, 20 Feb 2014, Dmitry V. Levin wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 03:32:43PM -0600, James Yang wrote: > > > * syscall.c: Fix 64-bit process detection on embedded powerpc > > > > > > Signed-off-by: James Yang <[email protected]> > > > --- > > > syscall.c | 5 +++-- > > > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/syscall.c b/syscall.c > > > index 3477dcd..8d47e7e 100644 > > > --- a/syscall.c > > > +++ b/syscall.c > > > @@ -1222,8 +1222,9 @@ get_scno(struct tcb *tcp) > > > int currpers; > > > > > > /* Check for 64/32 bit mode. */ > > > - /* SF is bit 0 of MSR */ > > > - if ((ppc_regs.msr >> 63) & 1) > > > + /* SF is bit 0 of MSR (a 64-bit register in Server) */ > > > + /* CM is bit 0 of MSR (a 32-bit register in Embedded) */ > > > + if (((ppc_regs.msr >> 63) & 1) || ((ppc_regs.msr >> 31) & 1)) > > > currpers = 0; > > > else > > > currpers = 1; > > > > In case of 64-bit MSR, that would be a test for 32th bit. > > I'm not quite familiar with ppc64, is there any risk for a false positive > > in this case? > > When tested on a POWER7 running Linux, MSR bit 32 is clear. So > empircally, it is not in use. > > It is documented as part of a reserved field according to Power ISA > Book III-S so it should read as 0 unless there's an implementation- > specific use of the bit. No documentation I have found describes the > use of it as other than reserved.
OK, let's assume it's safe to do the check this way.
There seems to be a shorter equivalent check for these two bits:
ppc_regs.msr & 0x8000000080000000
Which of them would you prefer, the longer one or the shorter one?
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