local-powerpc8xx-dcbz

Gbp-Pq: Topic powerpc
Gbp-Pq: Name local-powerpc8xx-dcbz.diff

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/dl-sysdep.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/dl-sysdep.c
index b04ecc4a4c442f9efffcc1808e509e12c43df220..266bd3000228637941a7ac080d71995e38d87159 100644 (file)
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/dl-sysdep.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/dl-sysdep.c
@@ -24,10 +24,28 @@ int __cache_line_size attribute_hidden;
 /* Scan the Aux Vector for the "Data Cache Block Size" entry.  If found
    verify that the static extern __cache_line_size is defined by checking
    for not NULL.  If it is defined then assign the cache block size
-   value to __cache_line_size.  */
-#define DL_PLATFORM_AUXV                                                     \
+   value to __cache_line_size.  This is used by memset to
+   optimize setting to zero.  We have to detect 8xx processors, which
+   have buggy dcbz implementations that cannot report page faults
+   correctly.  That requires reading SPR, which is a privileged
+   operation.  Fortunately 2.2.18 and later emulates PowerPC mfspr
+   reads from the PVR register.   */
+#ifndef __powerpc64__
+ #define DL_PLATFORM_AUXV                                                    \
+      case AT_DCACHEBSIZE:                                                   \
+       {                                                                     \
+         unsigned pvr = 0;                                                   \
+         asm ("mfspr %0, 287" : "=r" (pvr));                                 \
+         if ((pvr & 0xffff0000) == 0x00500000)                               \
+           break;                                                            \
+       }                                                                     \
+       __cache_line_size = av->a_un.a_val;                                   \
+       break;
+#else
+ #define DL_PLATFORM_AUXV                                                    \
       case AT_DCACHEBSIZE:                                                   \
        __cache_line_size = av->a_un.a_val;                                   \
        break;
+#endif
 
 #include <sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-sysdep.c>

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/libc-start.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/libc-start.c
index 4fd5f7070008054c533b1856cb2c340d034568c8..c3a575cbbae380edef53938f762f10176722ad21 100644 (file)
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/libc-start.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/libc-start.c
@@ -73,11 +73,25 @@ __libc_start_main (int argc, char **argv,
 
   /* Initialize the __cache_line_size variable from the aux vector.  For the
      static case, we also need _dl_hwcap, _dl_hwcap2 and _dl_platform, so we
-     can call __tcb_parse_hwcap_and_convert_at_platform ().  */
+     can call __tcb_parse_hwcap_and_convert_at_platform ().
+     This is used by memset to optimize setting to zero.  We have to
+     detect 8xx processors, which have buggy dcbz implementations that
+     cannot report page faults correctly.  That requires reading SPR,
+     which is a privileged operation.  Fortunately 2.2.18 and later
+     emulates PowerPC mfspr reads from the PVR register.  */
   for (ElfW (auxv_t) * av = auxvec; av->a_type != AT_NULL; ++av)
     switch (av->a_type)
       {
       case AT_DCACHEBSIZE:
+#ifndef __powerpc64__
+       {
+         unsigned pvr = 0;
+
+         asm ("mfspr %0, 287" : "=r" (pvr) :);
+         if ((pvr & 0xffff0000) == 0x00500000)
+           break;
+       }
+#endif
        __cache_line_size = av->a_un.a_val;
        break;
 #ifndef SHARED