From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265970AbUIME2Z (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:28:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265943AbUIME2Y (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:28:24 -0400 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:19585 "EHLO gate.crashing.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265487AbUIME2U (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:28:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] ppc64:Fix missing register in altivec context switch From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Andrew Morton Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel list Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1095049526.2543.253.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:25:27 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is a resend of a patch sent in July and that got lost somewhat, the "VSCR" register wasn't restored properly from the context on load_up_altivec (typo), please apply the fix: Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt ===== arch/ppc64/kernel/head.S 1.76 vs edited ===== --- 1.76/arch/ppc64/kernel/head.S 2004-09-08 16:32:56 +10:00 +++ edited/arch/ppc64/kernel/head.S 2004-09-13 14:15:00 +10:00 @@ -1588,6 +1588,7 @@ li r10,THREAD_VSCR stw r4,THREAD_USED_VR(r5) lvx vr0,r10,r5 + mtvscr vr0 REST_32VRS(0,r4,r5) #ifndef CONFIG_SMP /* Update last_task_used_math to 'current' */