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Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Redefine HMT_xxx macros as empty on PPC32

From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Date: 2021-08-26 04:57:57
Also in: lkml

Christophe Leroy [off-list ref] writes:
HMT_xxx macros are macros for adjusting thread priority
(hardware multi-threading) are macros inherited from PPC64
via commit 5f7c690728ac ("[PATCH] powerpc: Merged ppc_asm.h")

Those instructions are pointless on PPC32, but some common
fonctions like arch_cpu_idle() use them.

So make them empty on PPC32 to avoid those instructions.
I guess we're pretty sure no 32-bit CPUs do anything with those.

e6500 can run in 32-bit mode, and is 2-way threaded AIUI, so it's
*possible* it could use them.

But I can't find any mention of those special nops in the e6500 core
manual. And actually it does have documentation about thread priority
registers, PPR32, TPRI0/1, but it says they're not used in e6500.

So I guess this seems safe, I'll pick it up.

cheers
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
index e072577bc7c0..8d79f994b4aa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
@@ -5,12 +5,21 @@
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 /* Macros for adjusting thread priority (hardware multi-threading) */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #define HMT_very_low()		asm volatile("or 31, 31, 31	# very low priority")
 #define HMT_low()		asm volatile("or 1, 1, 1	# low priority")
 #define HMT_medium_low()	asm volatile("or 6, 6, 6	# medium low priority")
 #define HMT_medium()		asm volatile("or 2, 2, 2	# medium priority")
 #define HMT_medium_high()	asm volatile("or 5, 5, 5	# medium high priority")
 #define HMT_high()		asm volatile("or 3, 3, 3	# high priority")
+#else
+#define HMT_very_low()
+#define HMT_low()
+#define HMT_medium_low()
+#define HMT_medium()
+#define HMT_medium_high()
+#define HMT_high()
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #define cpu_relax()	do { HMT_low(); HMT_medium(); barrier(); } while (0)
-- 
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