Andrew, please apply. Allow userspace programs on ppc64 to use the (privileged) mfpvr instruction to determine the processor type. At the moment it emulates the instruction to provide the real PVR value, though it could be made to lie in future if for some reason we wish to restrict what CPU features userspace uses.
If nothing else this means that some existing ppc32 applications will now run on a 64-bit kernel (the 32-bit kernel has long supported this emulation). It will also be necessary for ppc64 perfctr support, where userspace requires finer-grained cpu type information than the kernel in order to correctly program the performance monitor control registers. Signed-off-by: David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: working-2.6/arch/ppc64/kernel/traps.c =================================================================== --- working-2.6.orig/arch/ppc64/kernel/traps.c 2005-03-06 07:08:24.000000000 +1100 +++ working-2.6/arch/ppc64/kernel/traps.c 2005-03-10 13:05:25.000000000 +1100 @@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ * fault. Return zero on success. */ +#define INST_MFSPR_PVR 0x7c1f42a6 +#define INST_MFSPR_PVR_MASK 0xfc1fffff + #define INST_DCBA 0x7c0005ec #define INST_DCBA_MASK 0x7c0007fe @@ -297,6 +300,15 @@ if (get_user(instword, (unsigned int __user *)(regs->nip))) return -EFAULT; + /* Emulate the mfspr rD, PVR. */ + if ((instword & INST_MFSPR_PVR_MASK) == INST_MFSPR_PVR) { + unsigned int rd; + + rd = (instword >> 21) & 0x1f; + regs->gpr[rd] = mfspr(SPRN_PVR); + return 0; + } + /* Emulating the dcba insn is just a no-op. */ if ((instword & INST_DCBA_MASK) == INST_DCBA) { static int warned; @@ -390,11 +402,6 @@ if (regs->msr & 0x100000) { /* IEEE FP exception */ parse_fpe(regs); - - } else if (regs->msr & 0x40000) { - /* Privileged instruction */ - _exception(SIGILL, regs, ILL_PRVOPC, regs->nip); - } else if (regs->msr & 0x20000) { /* trap exception */ @@ -411,7 +418,7 @@ _exception(SIGTRAP, regs, TRAP_BRKPT, regs->nip); } else { - /* Illegal instruction; try to emulate it. */ + /* Privileged or illegal instruction; try to emulate it. */ switch (emulate_instruction(regs)) { case 0: regs->nip += 4; @@ -423,7 +430,12 @@ break; default: - _exception(SIGILL, regs, ILL_ILLOPC, regs->nip); + if (regs->msr & 0x40000) + /* priveleged */ + _exception(SIGILL, regs, ILL_PRVOPC, regs->nip); + else + /* illegal */ + _exception(SIGILL, regs, ILL_ILLOPC, regs->nip); break; } } -- David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist. NOT _the_ _other_ _way_ | _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/people/dgibson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/