[PATCH] powerpc: Align thread->fpr to 16 bytes

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From: Anton Blanchard <hidden>
Date: 2013-06-05 03:02:26

On newer CPUs we use VSX loads and stores to the thread->fpr array.
For best performance we need to ensure 16 byte alignment.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <redacted>
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Index: b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
===================================================================
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 #endif
 #endif
 	/* FP and VSX 0-31 register set */
-	double		fpr[32][TS_FPRWIDTH];
+	double		fpr[32][TS_FPRWIDTH] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
 	struct {
 
 		unsigned int pad;
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