linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/9][v5] powerpc: implement is_instr_load

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Date:	Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:28:55 +1100
From:	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>
To:	Tom Musta <tommusta@...il.com>
Cc:	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9][v5] powerpc: implement is_instr_load_store().

On Thu, 2013-10-03 at 14:52 -0500, Tom Musta wrote:
> On 10/3/2013 2:03 PM, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> > Michael Ellerman [michael@...erman.id.au] wrote:
> <snip>
> > |
> > |         if (lower == 6)
> > |             if (upper <= 1)
> > |                 return true;
> > |             return false;
> > v

> Note that this case covers the lvsl/lvsr instructions, which, despite their
> names are not actually loads.  So you could eliminate this check and do
> just a little bit better.

Yes you're right Tom, thanks for checking.

I saw "Load" in the name and that was good enough for me :)

cheers



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