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Message-Id: <20130719052601.314654160@linuxfoundation.org> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 22:25:38 -0700 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org, Helge Deller <deller@....de> Subject: [ 21/72] parisc: document the shadow registers 3.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Helge Deller <deller@....de> commit a83f58bcb24003b9de2364de7c829a263423ead7 upstream. Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@....de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> --- Documentation/parisc/registers | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) --- a/Documentation/parisc/registers +++ b/Documentation/parisc/registers @@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ Shadow Registers used by interruption h TOC enable bit 1 ========================================================================= + +The PA-RISC architecture defines 7 registers as "shadow registers". +Those are used in RETURN FROM INTERRUPTION AND RESTORE instruction to reduce +the state save and restore time by eliminating the need for general register +(GR) saves and restores in interruption handlers. +Shadow registers are the GRs 1, 8, 9, 16, 17, 24, and 25. + +========================================================================= Register usage notes, originally from John Marvin, with some additional notes from Randolph Chung. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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