Re: [PATCH] powerpc/interrupt: Don't read MSR from interrupt_exit_kernel_prepare()

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Mon Jul 03 2023 - 01:34:41 EST


On Mon, 05 Jun 2023 10:55:26 +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> A disassembly of interrupt_exit_kernel_prepare() shows a useless read
> of MSR register. This is shown by r9 being re-used immediately without
> doing anything with the value read.
>
> c000e0e0: 60 00 00 00 nop
> c000e0e4: 7d 3a c2 a6 mfmd_ap r9
> c000e0e8: 7d 20 00 a6 mfmsr r9
> c000e0ec: 7c 51 13 a6 mtspr 81,r2
> c000e0f0: 81 3f 00 84 lwz r9,132(r31)
> c000e0f4: 71 29 80 00 andi. r9,r9,32768
>
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] powerpc/interrupt: Don't read MSR from interrupt_exit_kernel_prepare()
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/0eb089a72fda3f7969e6277804bde75dc1474a14

cheers