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Re: [v5][PATCH] livepatch/ppc: Enable livepatching on powerpc

From Torsten Duwe <duwe@lst.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [v5][PATCH] livepatch/ppc: Enable livepatching on powerpc
Date 2016-03-09 18:30 +0100
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On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 05:10:25PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Tue 2016-03-08 16:34:35, Torsten Duwe wrote:
> > /* compile using "-ffixed-r14"! */
> > register unsigned long pass_TOC asm("r14");
> 
> BTW: Is this reentrant, please? I mean, is it possible to use this
> hack for two functions? Could the functions call each other?

Yes, it is. pass_TOC isn't really a global variable. It only lives
between the caller and the real function's return. With this notation
the task can easily be shifted to any other register.

	Torsten

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[v5][PATCH] livepatch/ppc: Enable livepatching on powerpc Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> - 2016-03-08 08:40 +0100
  Re: [v5][PATCH] livepatch/ppc: Enable livepatching on powerpc Torsten Duwe <duwe@lst.de> - 2016-03-08 11:50 +0100
    Re: [v5][PATCH] livepatch/ppc: Enable livepatching on powerpc Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> - 2016-03-08 15:00 +0100
      Re: [v5][PATCH] livepatch/ppc: Enable livepatching on powerpc Torsten Duwe <duwe@lst.de> - 2016-03-08 16:40 +0100
        Re: [v5][PATCH] livepatch/ppc: Enable livepatching on powerpc Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 04:50 +0100
        Re: [v5][PATCH] livepatch/ppc: Enable livepatching on powerpc Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2016-03-09 17:20 +0100
          Re: [v5][PATCH] livepatch/ppc: Enable livepatching on powerpc Torsten Duwe <duwe@lst.de> - 2016-03-09 18:30 +0100
  Re: [v5][PATCH] livepatch/ppc: Enable livepatching on powerpc Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2016-03-08 17:10 +0100
    Re: [v5][PATCH] livepatch/ppc: Enable livepatching on powerpc Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 04:40 +0100

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