Re: [PATCH] powernv: Restore SPRs correctly upon wake up from hypervisor state loss

[Shreyas B. Prabhu]

Hi Gautham,

Thanks for fixing this.

On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 1:16 AM, Gautham R. Shenoy
<ego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> pnv_wakeup_tb_loss function currently expects the cr4 to be "eq" if
> the CPU is waking up from a complete hypervisor state loss. Hence, it
> currently restores the SPR contents only if cr4 is "eq".
>
> However, after the commit bcef83a00dc4 ("powerpc/powernv: Add platform
> support for stop instruction"), on ISA_V300 CPUs, the function
> pnv_restore_hyp_resource sets cr4 to contain the result of the
> comparison between state the CPU has woken up and the first deepest
> stop state before calling pnv_wakeup_tb_loss.
>
> Thus if the CPU woke up from a state that is deeper than the first
> deepest stop state, cr4 have "gt" set and hence, pnv_wakeup_tb_loss
> will fail to restore the SPRs on waking up from such a state.
>
> Fix the code in pnv_wakeup_tb_loss to restore the SPR states when cr4 is
> "eq" or "gt".
>
> Fixes: Commit bcef83a00dc4 ("powerpc/powernv: Add platform support for
> stop instruction")
>
> Cc: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Neuling <michael.neuling@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Shreyas B. Prabhu <shreyasbp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Shreyas B. Prabhu <shreyasbp@xxxxxxxxx>


Thanks,
Shreyas