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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index a6995d4e93d4..ffa07eb5fff0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -131,7 +131,16 @@ static void pmao_restore_workaround(bool ebb) { }
static bool regs_use_siar(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- return !!regs->result;
+ /*
+ * When we take a performance monitor exception the regs are setup
+ * using perf_read_regs() which overloads some fields, in particular
+ * regs->result to tell us whether to use SIAR.
+ *
+ * However if the regs are from another exception, eg. a syscall, then
+ * they have not been setup using perf_read_regs() and so regs->result
+ * is something random.
+ */
+ return ((TRAP(regs) == 0xf00) && regs->result);
}
/*