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authorMichael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>2013-02-13 16:21:35 +0000
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2013-02-15 16:58:52 +1100
commit98ae22e15b430bfed5def01ac1a88ec9396284c8 (patch)
treedc4119b4c88a094039206851c7f12f42b4ce75df /arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
parentafc07701ced6463786d09a3b9baf894c1397e991 (diff)
powerpc: Add helper functions for transactional memory context switching
Here we add the helper functions to be used when context switching. These allow us to fully reclaim and recheckpoint a transaction. We introduce a new paca field called tm_scratch to help us store away register values when doing the low level tm reclaim register save. Signed-off-by: Matt Evans <matt@ozlabs.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
index 7844c285f6e..eee2a60994b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@
* HV mode in which case it is HSPRG0
*
* 64-bit server:
- * - SPRG0 unused (reserved for HV on Power4)
+ * - SPRG0 scratch for TM recheckpoint/reclaim (reserved for HV on Power4)
* - SPRG2 scratch for exception vectors
* - SPRG3 CPU and NUMA node for VDSO getcpu (user visible)
* - HSPRG0 stores PACA in HV mode