From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:11:41 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.bawue.net ([193.7.176.63]:993 "EHLO mail.bawue.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20023827AbXJBOLd (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:11:33 +0100 Received: from lagash (intrt.mips-uk.com [194.74.144.130]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.bawue.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE2B2E0060; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:11:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ths by lagash with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IciT8-0003Kq-4a; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:11:26 +0100 Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:11:26 +0100 From: Thiemo Seufer To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Cc: Ralf Baechle , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/pg-r4k.c: Dump the generated code Message-ID: <20071002141125.GC16772@networkno.de> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 16788 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ths@networkno.de Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > Dump the generated code for clear/copy page calls like it is done for TLB > fault handlers. Useful for debugging. > > Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki > --- > Thiemo, > > It was your change to add ".set noreorder", etc. to the TLB fault > handlers -- what is it needed for? I have thought gas does not try to > outsmart the user at the moment and does not reorder ".word" directives. It is not strictly needed, but it is a hint to the user that he looks at raw instructions. Thiemo