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authorKevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org>2015-08-14 09:45:22 -0700
committerKevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org>2015-08-14 09:55:00 -0700
commit4dddf720534a9a14fa9b048e7930dcc55b1b1e40 (patch)
tree6dead0bf02a9c08038d3238b1599823a25d9e881 /arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
parenta93bdb5f55d343fb51892050ed49da9d476da18a (diff)
parent07818b5b1ba0f494a7255ab634bad2dd2b908ed0 (diff)
Merge branch 'linux-linaro-lsk-v3.10' into linux-linaro-lsk-v3.10-androidlsk-v3.10-15.08-android
Conflicts: fs/exec.c Resolution summary: Conflict between upstream/LTS commit 9eae8ac6ab40 (fs: take i_mutex during prepare_binprm for set[ug]id executables) and android commit 9d0ff694bc22 (sched: move no_new_privs into new atomic flags). Resolution: move task_no_new_privs() usage into new function created by upstream/LTS comit.
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index 846861a20b07..b63dc809596d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -112,7 +112,16 @@ static inline void power_pmu_bhrb_read(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw) {}
static bool regs_use_siar(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- return !!regs->result;
+ /*
+ * When we take a performance monitor exception the regs are setup
+ * using perf_read_regs() which overloads some fields, in particular
+ * regs->result to tell us whether to use SIAR.
+ *
+ * However if the regs are from another exception, eg. a syscall, then
+ * they have not been setup using perf_read_regs() and so regs->result
+ * is something random.
+ */
+ return ((TRAP(regs) == 0xf00) && regs->result);
}
/*