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Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] powerpc: Handle most loads and stores in instruction emulation code

From: Segher Boessenkool <hidden>
Date: 2017-08-26 14:56:57

Hi Paul,

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 03:41:53PM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/ldstfp.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/ldstfp.S
index a58777c..6840911 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/ldstfp.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/ldstfp.S
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ _GLOBAL(do_stfd)
 	EX_TABLE(2b,3b)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
-/* Get the contents of vrN into v0; N is in r3. */
+/* Get the contents of vrN into v0; N is in r3. Doesn't touch r3 or r4. */
 _GLOBAL(get_vr)
 	mflr	r0
-	rlwinm	r3,r3,3,0xf8
+	rlwinm	r6,r3,3,0xf8
 	bcl	20,31,1f
 	blr			/* v0 is already in v0 */
 	nop
Not new in your patch, but that bcl disturbs the link stack (only $+4
branches do not).

+/* Convert single-precision to double, without disturbing FPRs. */
+/* conv_sp_to_dp(double *dp, float *sp) */
That should be

+/* Convert double-precision to single, without disturbing FPRs. */
+/* conv_dp_to_sp(double *dp, float *sp) */
+_GLOBAL(conv_dp_to_sp)

Segher
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