[PATCH] powerpc: Align thread->fpr to 16 bytes
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From: Anton Blanchard <hidden>
Date: 2013-06-05 03:02:26
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> --- 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;