The VPA (virtual processor area) is defined by PAPR and is therefore
big-endian, so we need a be32_to_cpu when reading it in
kvmppc_get_yield_count(). Without this, H_CONFER always fails on a
little-endian host, causing SMP guests to waste time spinning on
spinlocks.
Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org # v3.19
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <pau...@samba.org>
---
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index b273193..de74756 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static int kvmppc_get_yield_count(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
spin_lock(&vcpu->arch.vpa_update_lock);
lppaca = (struct lppaca *)vcpu->arch.vpa.pinned_addr;
if (lppaca)
- yield_count = lppaca->yield_count;
+ yield_count = be32_to_cpu(lppaca->yield_count);
spin_unlock(&vcpu->arch.vpa_update_lock);
return yield_count;
}
--
2.1.4
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