linux-kernel - Re: ftrace introduces instability into kernel 2.6.27(-rc2,-rc3)

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Date:	Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:56:00 -0500
From:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC:	Eran Liberty <liberty@...ricom.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: ftrace introduces instability into kernel 2.6.27(-rc2,-rc3)

Steven Rostedt wrote:
> What syntax to do that with?
> 
>   lwz %1,0(%U2)
>   stu %3, 0(%X2)
> 
> I'm new to those. (and the above does not compile)

lwz%U2%X2 %1, %2
stw%U2%X2 %3, %2

>> Why stwu with an offset of zero,
> 
> How else to do it?  stwu %3, (%2) does not compile for me.

stw %3, 0(%2)

The "u" tells it to write the effective address back to %2 -- but with 
an offset of zero, the effective address is unchanged.

-Scott
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