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2007-03-22[POWERPC] Bypass hcall stats until cpu features have runAnton Blanchard
I noticed that we execute hcalls before cpu feature code has run (eg for setting up the bolted kernel region). This means that we may be executing code that is not appropriate for the processor we have. Create an unconditional branch that we nop out all the time to fix this. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-03-22[POWERPC] Avoid hypervisor statistics calculation in real modeMohan Kumar M
kexec invokes plpar_hcall hypervisor call in real mode. plpar_hcall refers to per cpu variables for accounting hypervisor statistics. These variables may not be in the RMO region, so accesses to them in real mode may result in a data storage exception. This fixes this problem by using a new plpar_hcall_raw function which does not update the hypervisor call statistics. Thanks to Anton for suggesting this idea. Signed-off-by: Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-01-09[POWERPC] Fix bugs in the hypervisor call stats codeAnton Blanchard
There were a few issues with the HCALL_STATS code: - PURR cpu feature checks were backwards - We iterated one entry off the end of the hcall_stats array - Remove dead update_hcall_stats() function prototype I noticed one thing while debugging, and that is we call H_ENTER (to set up the MMU hashtable in early init) before we have done the cpu fixups. This means we will execute the PURR SPR reads even on a CPU that isnt capable of it. I wonder if we can move the CPU feature fixups earlier. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-01-09[POWERPC] Fix corruption in hcall9Anton Blanchard
It looks to me like we are corrupting r12 in the hcall9 function. Although we have r0 free we cant use offsets against it, so save away r12 in there instead. r12 holds the ninth return value from the hypervisor call, so without this fix, the caller will see the wrong value for the ninth element in the array that gets the return values. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-09-13[POWERPC] powerpc: Instrument Hypervisor CallsMike Kravetz
Add instrumentation for hypervisor calls on pseries. Call statistics include number of calls, wall time and cpu cycles (if available) and are made available via debugfs. Instrumentation code is behind the HCALL_STATS config option and has no impact if not enabled. Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <kravetz@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-08-01[POWERPC] clean up pseries hcall interfacesAnton Blanchard
Our pseries hcall interfaces are out of control: plpar_hcall_norets plpar_hcall plpar_hcall_8arg_2ret plpar_hcall_4out plpar_hcall_7arg_7ret plpar_hcall_9arg_9ret Create 3 interfaces to cover all cases: plpar_hcall_norets: 7 arguments no returns plpar_hcall: 6 arguments 4 returns plpar_hcall9: 9 arguments 9 returns There are only 2 cases in the kernel that need plpar_hcall9, hopefully we can keep it that way. Pass in a buffer to stash return parameters so we avoid the &dummy1, &dummy2 madness. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> -- Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-04-01[PATCH] powerpc: Extends HCALL interface for InfiniBand usageHeiko J Schick
This extends the HCALL interface for InfiniBand usage. I've made the patch against the linux-2.6 git tree and Segher's patch: [PATCH] Change H_StudlyCaps to H_SHOUTING_CAPS We moved this into the common powerpc code based on comments we got after posting the first eHCA InfiniBand device driver patch. Signed-off-by: Heiko j Schick <schickhj@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-02-10[PATCH] powerpc: trivial: modify comments to refer to new location of filesJon Mason
This patch removes all self references and fixes references to files in the now defunct arch/ppc64 tree. I think this accomplises everything wanted, though there might be a few references I missed. Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jdmason@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2005-10-10powerpc: move pSeries files to arch/powerpc/platforms/pseriesPaul Mackerras
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>