Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] powerpc/64s: system call scv tabort fix for corrupt irq soft-mask state

On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 04:52:03PM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote:

On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 01:33:10PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:

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Excerpts from Christophe Leroy's message of September 2, 2021 3:21 am:

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-	/* Firstly we need to enable TM in the kernel */
+	/* We need to enable TM in the kernel, and disable EE (for scv) */
  	mfmsr	r10
  	li	r9, 1
  	rldimi	r10, r9, MSR_TM_LG, 63-MSR_TM_LG
+	LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r9, MSR_EE)
+	andc	r10, r10, r9

Why not use 'rlwinm' to mask out MSR_EE ?

Something like

	rlwinm	r10, r10, 0, ~MSR_EE

Mainly because I'm bad at powerpc assembly. Why do you think I'm trying 
to change as much as possible to C?

The actual bit (bit 31, i.e. with value 1UL << 32) cannot be cleared
with rlwinm (only the low 32 bits can).  There are many ways to do it
using two insns of course.

Wow I misread that, you want to clear MSR[EE] really, not MSR[TM].

You cannot use rlwinm and keep the high 32 bits of the target register
intact.  You either clear all to 0 or set them to a copy of the rotated
value in the low 32 bits.


Segher