Re: [RFC] ppc64le: Enable emulation support for simple Load/Store instructions

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Oct 20 2016 - 04:15:50 EST


On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:01:55PM +0530, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> emulate_step() uses a number of underlying kernel functions that were
> initially not enabled for LE. This has been rectified since. So, fix
> emulate_step() for LE for the corresponding instructions.
>
> Reported-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Note: This patch only enables LOAD, STORE, LARX and STCX instructions.
> I'll send a subsequent patch for other types like LOAD_FP,
> LOAD_VMX etc.
>
> arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c | 8 --------
> 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.

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