Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix instruction encoding for lis in ppc_function_entry()

[Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 07:34:11AM +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote:
> 'lis r2,N' is 'addis r2,0,N' and the instruction encoding in the macro
> LIS_R2 is incorrect (it currently maps to 'addis 0,r2,N'). Fix the same.
> 
> Fixes: c71b7eff426fa7 ("powerpc: Add ABIv2 support to ppc_function_entry")
> Reported-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
> index eacc9102c2515c..d5b3c3bb95b400 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
> @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void __patch_exception(int exc, unsigned long addr);
>  #endif
>  
>  #define OP_RT_RA_MASK	0xffff0000UL
> -#define LIS_R2		0x3c020000UL
> +#define LIS_R2		0x3c400000UL
>  #define ADDIS_R2_R12	0x3c4c0000UL
>  #define ADDI_R2_R2	0x38420000UL
>  
> 
> base-commit: 91966823812efbd175f904599e5cf2a854b39809
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

I tested the new define value with uprobe issue we were dealing with
and now it matches the instruction, so it works for me

thanks a lot for the fix,
jirka