linux-kernel - [PATCH] powerpc: correct VSX used

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Date:	Fri, 25 Mar 2016 01:12:21 +0800
From:	Simon Guo <wei.guo.simon@...il.com>
To:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>,
	Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>,
	simonguo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, Simon Guo <wei.guo.simon@...il.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: correct VSX used_vsr comment

used_vsr flag is set if process has used VSX register, 
instead of Altivec register. 
This patch corrects the wrong comment.

Signed-off-by: Simon Guo <wei.guo.simon@...il.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index ac23308..a3a25e4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
 #ifdef CONFIG_VSX
 	/* VSR status */
-	int		used_vsr;	/* set if process has used altivec */
+	int		used_vsr;	/* set if process has used VSX */
 #endif /* CONFIG_VSX */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPE
 	unsigned long	evr[32];	/* upper 32-bits of SPE regs */
-- 
1.8.3.1