kernel_optimize_test/arch/powerpc
Michael Neuling 7e875e9dc8 powerpc: Disable VSX or current process in giveup_fpu/altivec
When we call giveup_fpu, we need to need to turn off VSX for the
current process.  If we don't, on return to userspace it may execute a
VSX instruction before the next FP instruction, and not have its
register state refreshed correctly from the thread_struct.  Ditto for
altivec.

This caused a bug where an unaligned lfs or stfs results in
fix_alignment calling giveup_fpu so it can use the FPRs (in order to
do a single <-> double conversion), and then returning to userspace
with FP off but VSX on.  Then if a VSX instruction is executed, before
another FP instruction, it will proceed without another exception and
hence have the incorrect register state for VSX registers 0-31.

   lfs unaligned   <- alignment exception turns FP off but leaves VSX on

   VSX instruction <- no exception since VSX on, hence we get the
                      wrong VSX register values for VSX registers 0-31,
                      which overlap the FPRs.

Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2009-04-07 15:18:59 +10:00
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boot Merge branch 'next' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/galak/powerpc into merge 2009-04-07 12:54:08 +10:00
configs powerpc/pseries: Enable relay in pseries_defconfig 2009-04-07 15:18:59 +10:00
include/asm powerpc/pseries: Scan for all events in rtasd 2009-04-07 15:18:59 +10:00
kernel powerpc: Disable VSX or current process in giveup_fpu/altivec 2009-04-07 15:18:59 +10:00
kvm KVM: ppc: e500: Fix the bug that KVM is unstable in SMP 2009-03-24 11:03:15 +02:00
lib Merge commit 'origin/master' into next 2009-03-11 17:10:07 +11:00
math-emu powerpc/math-emu: Fix efp dependence 2009-03-11 06:00:08 -05:00
mm powerpc/mm: Introduce early_init_mmu() on 64-bit 2009-03-24 13:47:34 +11:00
oprofile powerpc/oprofile: G4 oprofile has variable number of counters 2009-03-11 17:10:16 +11:00
platforms Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2009-04-03 15:24:35 -07:00
sysdev Merge branch 'next' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/galak/powerpc into merge 2009-04-07 12:54:08 +10:00
xmon powerpc: Prepare xmon_save_regs for use with kdump 2008-12-23 15:13:28 +11:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'next' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/galak/powerpc into merge 2009-04-07 12:54:08 +10:00
Kconfig.debug generic debug pagealloc: build fix 2009-04-02 19:04:48 -07:00
Makefile powerpc/math-emu: Fix efp dependence 2009-03-11 06:00:08 -05:00