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From: Sergei Shtylylov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com>
To: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>,
	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>,
	linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TX49 MFC0 bug workaround
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:26:48 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43E2BF68.2000208@ru.mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060202165656.GC17352@linux-mips.org>

Hello.

Ralf Baechle wrote:

>>>Workaround: mask EXL bit of the result or place a nop before mfc0.
>>
>>[...]
>>
>>>@@ -55,8 +56,13 @@ __asm__ (
>>> 	"	di							\n"
>>> #else
>>> 	"	mfc0	$1,$12						\n"
>>>+#if TX49XX_MFC0_WAR && defined(MODULE)
>>>+	"	ori	$1,3						\n"
>>>+	"	xori	$1,3						\n"
>>>+#else
>>> 	"	ori	$1,1						\n"
>>> 	"	xori	$1,1						\n"
>>>+#endif
>>> 	"	.set	noreorder					\n"
>>> 	"	mtc0	$1,$12						\n"
>>> #endif

>> Hmm, wouldn't that "nop" alternative be simpler?

> Simpler maybe - but this variant has zero runtime overhead.

    And.. how do you imagine placing a NOP (which surely just moves MFC0 down 
so that it's a 1st insn. on the next page). What if it'll move it to the 
errata prone address from a safe one instead?

WBR, Sergei

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-02-03  2:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-02 16:34 [PATCH] TX49 MFC0 bug workaround Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-02 16:38 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2006-02-02 16:56   ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-02 17:04     ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-02 17:21       ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-02 17:24       ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-03  2:10         ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-03 10:17           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2006-02-03 14:44           ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-06  9:36             ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-06 23:22               ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-03  2:26     ` Sergei Shtylylov [this message]
2006-02-03  2:50       ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-02 16:46 ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-02 18:46 ` Sergei Shtylylov
2006-02-02 22:11   ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-03  1:17   ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-03  2:12     ` Sergei Shtylylov
2006-02-03  2:22       ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-07 15:32         ` Sergei Shtylylov
2006-02-07 15:32           ` Sergei Shtylylov

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