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* [PATCH] - Save register stack contents on cpu start
@ 2006-08-31 16:34 Jack Steiner
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From: Jack Steiner @ 2006-08-31 16:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
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The SN PROM uses the register stack in the slave loop. The contents 
must be preserved for the OS to return to the slave loop via offlining 
a cpu or for kexec. A 'flushrs" is needed to force the stack to be written
to memory prior to changing bspstore.



	Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>


Index: linux/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S
=================================--- linux.orig/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S	2006-08-31 11:14:49.000000000 -0500
+++ linux/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S	2006-08-31 11:20:37.405590270 -0500
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ start_ap:
 	;;
 	srlz.i
 	;;
+ {
+	flushrs				// must be first insn in group
+	srlz.i
+ }
+	;;
 	/*
 	 * Save the region registers, predicate before they get clobbered
 	 */

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