linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 058/266] powerpc/fsl: Add macro to flush the branch predictor

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Message-Id: <20190515090724.402733242@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 15 May 2019 12:52:45 +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, Diana Craciun <diana.craciun@....com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 058/266] powerpc/fsl: Add macro to flush the branch predictor

From: Diana Craciun <diana.craciun@....com>

commit 1cbf8990d79ff69da8ad09e8a3df014e1494462b upstream.

The BUCSR register can be used to invalidate the entries in the
branch prediction mechanisms.

Signed-off-by: Diana Craciun <diana.craciun@....com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h |   11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
@@ -821,4 +821,15 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR,C
 	.long 0x2400004c  /* rfid				*/
 #endif /* !CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E */
 #endif /*  __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
+#define BTB_FLUSH(reg)			\
+	lis reg,BUCSR_INIT@h;		\
+	ori reg,reg,BUCSR_INIT@l;	\
+	mtspr SPRN_BUCSR,reg;		\
+	isync;
+#else
+#define BTB_FLUSH(reg)
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E */
+
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_PPC_ASM_H */