linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 119/192] [PATCH 123/135] crypto: vmx - comply with ABIs that specify vrsave as reserved.

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Message-Id: <20160912152204.010041422@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:00:28 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <pfsmorigo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 119/192] [PATCH 123/135] crypto: vmx - comply with ABIs that specify vrsave as reserved.

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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[ Upstream commit 5ca55738201c7ae1b556ad87bbb22c139ecc01dd ]

It gives significant improvements ( ~+15%) on some modes.

These code has been adopted from OpenSSL project in collaboration
with the original author (Andy Polyakov <appro@...nssl.org>).

Signed-off-by: Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <pfsmorigo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/crypto/vmx/ppc-xlate.pl |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/crypto/vmx/ppc-xlate.pl
+++ b/drivers/crypto/vmx/ppc-xlate.pl
@@ -139,6 +139,26 @@ my $vmr = sub {
     "	vor	$vx,$vy,$vy";
 };
 
+# Some ABIs specify vrsave, special-purpose register #256, as reserved
+# for system use.
+my $no_vrsave = ($flavour =~ /aix|linux64le/);
+my $mtspr = sub {
+    my ($f,$idx,$ra) = @_;
+    if ($idx == 256 && $no_vrsave) {
+	"	or	$ra,$ra,$ra";
+    } else {
+	"	mtspr	$idx,$ra";
+    }
+};
+my $mfspr = sub {
+    my ($f,$rd,$idx) = @_;
+    if ($idx == 256 && $no_vrsave) {
+	"	li	$rd,-1";
+    } else {
+	"	mfspr	$rd,$idx";
+    }
+};
+
 # PowerISA 2.06 stuff
 sub vsxmem_op {
     my ($f, $vrt, $ra, $rb, $op) = @_;