linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v1 15/16] powerpc/32: Remove MSR

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Date:   Fri,  8 Feb 2019 12:52:47 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH v1 15/16] powerpc/32: Remove MSR_PR test when returning
 from syscall

syscalls are from user only, so we can account time without checking
whether returning to kernel or user as it will only be user.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
index 137bd2103051..0927d5ff1e79 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -482,12 +482,7 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
 	lwarx	r7,0,r1
 END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_NEED_PAIRED_STWCX)
 	stwcx.	r0,0,r1			/* to clear the reservation */
-#ifdef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE
-	andi.	r4,r8,MSR_PR
-	beq	3f
 	ACCOUNT_CPU_USER_EXIT(r2, r5, r7)
-3:
-#endif
 	lwz	r4,_LINK(r1)
 	lwz	r5,_CCR(r1)
 	mtlr	r4
-- 
2.13.3