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Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:26:43 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
To:	Maxim Uvarov <muvarov@...mvista.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davidsen@....com,
	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	jesper.juhl@...il.com
Subject: Re: Performance Stats: Kernel patch

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:59:16 +0400
Maxim Uvarov <muvarov@...mvista.com> wrote:

> Thanks Eric, I's really better. I have done changes. Do you have any 
> others objections now?
> All is in attached perf_stat.patch.

Hi Maxim

I know *nothing* about powerpc assembly, but I think there is a problem :

Index: linux-2.6.21-rc5/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-rc5.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc5/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ END_FW_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(FW_FEATURE_ISER
 	addi	r9,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 #endif
 	clrrdi	r11,r1,THREAD_SHIFT
+#ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_PERF_STAT_SYSC
+	lwz r10,TI_SYSC_CNT(r11)
+	addi r10,r10,1
+	stw r10,TI_SYSC_CNT(r11)
+#endif /* CONFIG_THREAD_PERF_STAT_SYSC */
 	ld	r10,TI_FLAGS(r11)
 	andi.	r11,r10,_TIF_SYSCALL_T_OR_A
 	bne-	syscall_dotrace

sysc_cnt being an 'unsigned long', its a 64 bits long integer...
So you probably need ld/std instructions instead of lwz/stw

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