linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/8xx: Remove specific code from fast_exception

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Message-ID: <176369324781.72695.12523299833738902821.b4-ty@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:23:08 +0530
From: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/8xx: Remove specific code from fast_exception_return

On Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:18:53 +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> The label 2: in fast_exception_return is a leftover from
> commit b96bae3ae2cb ("powerpc/32: Replace ASM exception exit by C
> exception exit from ppc64"). Once removed, we see that
> fast_exception_return is a standalone function that is called only
> from pieces of assembly dedicated to book3s/32 or booke, never by
> common code or 8xx code.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] powerpc/8xx: Remove specific code from fast_exception_return
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/98fa236044ca4f8841107382fb03832101fa7328

Thanks