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Re: [XenPPC] [xenppc-unstable] [POWERPC][XEN] Erratum: Must clear larx/s
On Sep 1, 2006, at 4:07 PM, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
[POWERPC][XEN] Erratum: Must clear larx/stcx reservation on exception
PowerPC 970 Erratum that an "OS should execute a stcx in
the interrupt handler to clear the reservation."
Where do you see this erratum? I can't find it in any 970
errata sheet. Furthermore, it's not a CPU bug at all; every
PowerPC on the planet works this way, it's part of the
architecture. See the "Interrupt Processing" chapter in Book III.
stw r0, UREGS_cr(r1) /* save CR */
mfspr r0, SPRN_HSPRG1
std r0, UREGS_r13(r1) /* save R13 from HSPRG1 */
+
+ /* Blow away any reservation according to 970 errata after
saving CR */
+ stdcx. r1, 0, r1
I hope it's okay to blow away not only the reservation, but also
the data that's at the memory address in GPR1, because there's
nothing preventing this store-conditional from succeeding AFAICS
(if the CPU happens to have a reservation there -- yeah quite
unlikely, but is it impossible?)
Oh jeez, big DUH on me.
I wanted a store of no consequence, this ain;t it.. prolly won't hurt
but I'll fix as soon as I can.
-JX
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