linux/arch/ppc
David Gibson 25c8a78b1e [PATCH] powerpc: Fix handling of fpscr on 64-bit
The recent merge of fpu.S broken the handling of fpscr for
ARCH=powerpc and CONFIG_PPC64=y.  FP registers could be corrupted,
leading to strange random application crashes.

The confusion arises, because the thread_struct has (and requires) a
64-bit area to save the fpscr, because we use load/store double
instructions to get it in to/out of the FPU.  However, only the low
32-bits are actually used, so we want to treat it as a 32-bit quantity
when manipulating its bits to avoid extra load/stores on 32-bit.  This
patch replaces the current definition with a structure of two 32-bit
quantities (pad and val), to clarify things as much as is possible.
The 'val' field is used when manipulating bits, the structure itself
is used when obtaining the address for loading/unloading the value
from the FPU.

While we're at it, consolidate the 4 (!) almost identical versions of
cvt_fd() and cvt_df() (arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S,
arch/ppc64/kernel/misc.S, arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S,
arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S) into a single version in fpu.S.  The
new version takes a pointer to thread_struct and applies the correct
offset itself, rather than a pointer to the fpscr field itself, again
to avoid confusion as to which is the correct field to use.

Finally, this patch makes ARCH=ppc64 also use the consolidated fpu.S
code, which it previously did not.

Built for G5 (ARCH=ppc64 and ARCH=powerpc), 32-bit powermac (ARCH=ppc
and ARCH=powerpc) and Walnut (ARCH=ppc, CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION=y).
Booted on G5 (ARCH=powerpc) and things which previously fell over no
longer do.

Signed-off-by: David Gibson <dwg@au1.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2005-10-27 20:48:50 +10:00
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4xx_io Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
8xx_io [PATCH] timer initialization cleanup: DEFINE_TIMER 2005-09-09 14:03:48 -07:00
8260_io Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
amiga Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
boot powerpc: Fixes to get the Longtrail CHRP a bit further 2005-10-26 21:52:53 +10:00
configs [PATCH] ppc32: cpci690 updates 2005-09-05 00:06:01 -07:00
kernel [PATCH] powerpc: Fix handling of fpscr on 64-bit 2005-10-27 20:48:50 +10:00
lib ppc32: use L1_CACHE_SHIFT/L1_CACHE_BYTES 2005-10-17 11:50:32 +10:00
math-emu [PATCH] powerpc: Fix handling of fpscr on 64-bit 2005-10-27 20:48:50 +10:00
mm powerpc: Move agp_special_page export to where it is defined 2005-10-22 14:42:51 +10:00
platforms powerpc: Merge i8259.c into arch/powerpc/sysdev 2005-10-26 16:47:42 +10:00
syslib powerpc: Merge i8259.c into arch/powerpc/sysdev 2005-10-26 16:47:42 +10:00
xmon ppc: Various minor compile fixes 2005-10-11 22:08:12 +10:00
Kconfig powerpc: Merge i8259.c into arch/powerpc/sysdev 2005-10-26 16:47:42 +10:00
Kconfig.debug [PATCH] ppc32: mv64x60 updates & enhancements 2005-09-05 00:06:00 -07:00
Makefile ppc: Use the indirect_pci.c from arch/powerpc/sysdev 2005-10-26 16:36:55 +10:00