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[PATCH 4/6] powerpc: Define ppr in thread_struct

ppr in thread_struct is used to save PPR and restore it before process exits
from kernel.

This patch sets the default priority to 3 when tasks are created such
that users can use 4 for higher priority tasks.

Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni <haren@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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Haren Myneni authored and Benjamin Herrenschmidt committed Jan 10, 2013
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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
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#define TS_FPRWIDTH 1
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
/* Default SMT priority is set to 3. Use 11- 13bits to save priority. */
#define PPR_PRIORITY 3
#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
#define INIT_PPR (PPR_PRIORITY << 50)
#else
#define INIT_PPR ((u64)PPR_PRIORITY << 50)
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */

#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <linux/cache.h>
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#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
unsigned long dscr;
int dscr_inherit;
unsigned long ppr; /* used to save/restore SMT priority */
#endif
};

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.fpr = {{0}}, \
.fpscr = { .val = 0, }, \
.fpexc_mode = 0, \
.ppr = INIT_PPR, \
}
#endif

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
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Expand Up @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ int main(void)
DEFINE(NMI_MASK, NMI_MASK);
DEFINE(THREAD_DSCR, offsetof(struct thread_struct, dscr));
DEFINE(THREAD_DSCR_INHERIT, offsetof(struct thread_struct, dscr_inherit));
DEFINE(TASKTHREADPPR, offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.ppr));
#else
DEFINE(THREAD_INFO, offsetof(struct task_struct, stack));
#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
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Expand Up @@ -813,6 +813,8 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
p->thread.dscr_inherit = current->thread.dscr_inherit;
p->thread.dscr = current->thread.dscr;
}
if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR))
p->thread.ppr = INIT_PPR;
#endif
/*
* The PPC64 ABI makes use of a TOC to contain function
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