Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH v3 4/4] target-ppc: Handle ibm, nmi-register RTAS call

[Aravinda Prasad]

On Thursday 06 November 2014 03:59 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
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>> Am 06.11.2014 um 11:00 schrieb Aravinda Prasad <address@hidden>:
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>>> And, perhaps this was discussed in an earlier patch, but couldn't you just 
>>> do:
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>>>    li 3,KVMPPC_H_REPORT_MC_ERR
>>>
>>> here and avoid the patching altogether?
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>> KVMPPC_H_REPORT_MC_ERR def in not visible in spapr-rtas.S, either I can
>> define it in spapr-rtas.S as already done for KVMPPC_H_RTAS or patch it
>> in ibm,nmi-register call.
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> Could you include the header?

hmm. ok.

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>> It is very unlikely that the KVMPPC_H_REPORT_MC_ERR will be changed, but
>> I prefer to patch it to avoid maintaining it in both places. What do you
>> think?
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> Hypercall numbers need to be stable anyway in case we migrate from an older 
> qemu version, so it must not change.

ok

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> Alex
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>>>>> +    sc      1               /* Issue H_CALL */
>>>>> +    cmpdi   cr0,3,0
>>>>> +    beq     cr0,1b          /* retry KVMPPC_H_REPORT_MC_ERR */
>>>>> +    mtsprg  2,4
>>>>> +    ld      4,0(3)
>>>>> +    mtsrr0  4               /* Restore srr0 */
>>>>> +    ld      4,8(3)
>>>>> +    mtsrr1  4               /* Restore srr1 */
>>>>> +    ld      4,16(3)
>>>>> +    mtcrf   0,4             /* Restore cr */
>>>>> +    addi    3,3,24
>>>>> +    mfsprg  4,2
>>>>> +    /*
>>>>> +     * Branch to address registered by OS. The branch address is
>>>>> +     * patched in the ibm,nmi-register rtas call.
>>>>> +     */
>>>>> +    ba      0x0
>>>>> +    b       .
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>> -- 
>> Regards,
>> Aravinda
>>
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Regards,
Aravinda