On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 16:33:26 +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
Have the real mode system call entry handler branch to the kernel
0xc000... address and then use mtmsrd to enable the MMU, rather than use
SRRs and rfid.
Commit 8729c26e675c ("powerpc/64s/exception: Move real to virt switch
into the common handler") implemented this style of real mode entry for
other interrupt handlers, so this brings system calls into line with
them, which is the main motivcation for the change.
[...]
Applied to powerpc/next.
[1/1] powerpc/64s: syscall real mode entry use mtmsrd rather than rfid
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/14ad0e7d04f46865775fb010ccd96fb1cc83433a
cheers