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linux/arch/sparc
David S. Miller e88d246871 sparc: Stash orig_i0 into %g6 instead of %g2
As per the comments added by this commit, %g2 turns out to not be a
usable place to save away orig_i0 for syscall restart handling.

In fact all of %g2, %g3, %g4, and %g5 are assumed to be saved across
a system call by various bits of code in glibc.

%g1 can't be used because that holds the syscall number, which would
need to be saved and restored for syscall restart handling too, and
that would only compound our problems :-)

This leaves us with %g6 and %g7 which are for "system use".  %g7 is
used as the "thread register" by glibc, but %g6 is used as a compiler
and assembler temporary scratch register.  And in no instance is %g6
used to hold a value across a system call.

Therefore %g6 is safe for storing away orig_i0, at least for now.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-15 12:57:00 -08:00
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boot sparc32: added U-Boot build target: uImage 2011-03-16 18:19:04 -07:00
configs defconfig reduction 2010-08-14 22:26:53 +02:00
include/asm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc 2011-11-08 12:50:02 -08:00
kernel sparc: Stash orig_i0 into %g6 instead of %g2 2011-11-15 12:57:00 -08:00
lib sparc32: Correct the return value of memcpy. 2011-10-20 15:17:23 -07:00
math-emu perf: Remove the nmi parameter from the swevent and overflow interface 2011-07-01 11:06:35 +02:00
mm Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
oprofile
prom sparc: Remove unnecessary semicolons 2011-06-07 16:06:34 -07:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'trivial' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild 2011-11-06 18:54:53 -08:00
Kconfig.debug lib: consolidate DEBUG_STACK_USAGE option 2011-05-25 08:39:54 -07:00
Makefile sparc32: added U-Boot build target: uImage 2011-03-16 18:19:04 -07:00