Re: [PATCH] arch/sparc: Avoid DCTI Couples

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Mar 10 2017 - 18:33:31 EST


From: Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 15:47:03 -0700

> Avoid un-intended DCTI Couples. Use of DCTI couples is deprecated.
> Refer UltraSPARC Architecture 2005(Section 6.3.4.7 - DCTI Couples).
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/opensparc/1537734

An annulled branch-always has no delay slot.

These code sequences are intentional to keep code size down.

I'm not applying this.