Re: [PATCH 1/3] powerpc/kvm: Remove redundant save of SIER AND MMCR2

[Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>]

On 03.07.14 08:12, Joel Stanley wrote:
> These two registers are already saved in the block above. Aside from
> being unnecessary, by the time we get down to the second save location
> r8 no longer contains MMCR2, so we are clobbering the saved value with
> PMC5.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>

Reviewed-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>

Please CC kvm-ppc@vger and kvm@vger when you send kvm related patches :).

Ben, I think this patch makes sense to go via your tree. Want to take it?


Alex

> ---
>   arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_interrupts.S | 5 -----
>   1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_interrupts.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_interrupts.S
> index 8c86422..731be74 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_interrupts.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_interrupts.S
> @@ -127,11 +127,6 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
>   	stw	r10, HSTATE_PMC + 24(r13)
>   	stw	r11, HSTATE_PMC + 28(r13)
>   END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_201)
> -BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
> -	mfspr	r9, SPRN_SIER
> -	std	r8, HSTATE_MMCR + 40(r13)
> -	std	r9, HSTATE_MMCR + 48(r13)
> -END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S)
>   31:
>   
>   	/*