Re: [PATCH] powerpc/8xx: Fix software emulation interrupt

[Nicholas Piggin]

Excerpts from Christophe Leroy's message of February 5, 2021 6:56 pm:
> For unimplemented instructions or unimplemented SPRs, the 8xx triggers
> a "Software Emulation Exception" (0x1000). That interrupt doesn't set
> reason bits in SRR1 as the "Program Check Exception" does.
> 
> Go through emulation_assist_interrupt() to set REASON_ILLEGAL.
> 
> Fixes: fbbcc3bb139e ("powerpc/8xx: Remove SoftwareEmulation()")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I'm wondering whether it wouldn't be better to set REASON_ILLEGAL
> in the exception prolog and still call program_check_exception.
> And do the same in book3s/64 to avoid the nightmare of an
> INTERRUPT_HANDLER calling another INTERRUPT_HANDLER.

Hmm, I missed this. We just change program_check_exception to
a common function which is called by both.

Thanks,
Nick