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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2012-04-14 13:18:27 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2012-04-14 13:19:04 +0200
commit6ac1ef482d7ae0c690f1640bf6eb818ff9a2d91e (patch)
tree021cc9f6b477146fcebe6f3be4752abfa2ba18a9 /arch/powerpc/include/asm/epapr_hcalls.h
parent682968e0c425c60f0dde37977e5beb2b12ddc4cc (diff)
parenta385ec4f11bdcf81af094c03e2444ee9b7fad2e5 (diff)
Merge branch 'perf/core' into perf/uprobes
Merge in latest upstream (and the latest perf development tree), to prepare for tooling changes, and also to pick up v3.4 MM changes that the uprobes code needs to take care of. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/include/asm/epapr_hcalls.h7
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/epapr_hcalls.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/epapr_hcalls.h
index f3b0c2cc9fea..976835d8f22e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/epapr_hcalls.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/epapr_hcalls.h
@@ -134,10 +134,15 @@
* whether they will be clobbered.
*
* Note that r11 can be used as an output parameter.
+ *
+ * The "memory" clobber is only necessary for hcalls where the Hypervisor
+ * will read or write guest memory. However, we add it to all hcalls because
+ * the impact is minimal, and we want to ensure that it's present for the
+ * hcalls that need it.
*/
/* List of common clobbered registers. Do not use this macro. */
-#define EV_HCALL_CLOBBERS "r0", "r12", "xer", "ctr", "lr", "cc"
+#define EV_HCALL_CLOBBERS "r0", "r12", "xer", "ctr", "lr", "cc", "memory"
#define EV_HCALL_CLOBBERS8 EV_HCALL_CLOBBERS
#define EV_HCALL_CLOBBERS7 EV_HCALL_CLOBBERS8, "r10"