Thread (76 messages) 76 messages, 6 authors, 2013-08-09

Re: [PATCH 36/63] powerpc: Book 3S MMU little endian support

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From: Paul Mackerras <hidden>
Date: 2013-08-07 04:20:49

On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 02:01:53AM +1000, Anton Blanchard wrote:
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+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
 #define HPTE_LOCK_BIT 3
+#else
+#define HPTE_LOCK_BIT (63-3)
+#endif
Are you deliberately using a different bit here?  AFAICS you are using
0x20 in the 7th byte as the lock bit for LE, whereas we use 0x08 in
that byte on BE.  Both are software-use bits, so it will still work,
but is there a rationale for the change?  Or did you mean (56+3)
rather than (63-3)?

Paul.
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