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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2013-08-15 10:00:09 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2013-08-15 10:00:09 +0200
commitc9572f010d369d9905309f63e31180f291b66a8a (patch)
treefbca2a0576c4223790e23a3c1d5f50e2bdf64e10 /arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
parent58cea307432e3376293e6b2be88d1f6e6e99274a (diff)
parentd4e4ab86bcba5a72779c43dc1459f71fea3d89c8 (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.11-rc5' into perf/core
Merge Linux 3.11-rc5, to sync up with the latest upstream fixes since -rc1. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index c517dbe705fd..8083be20fe5e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -600,6 +600,16 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
struct ppc64_tlb_batch *batch;
#endif
+ /* Back up the TAR across context switches.
+ * Note that the TAR is not available for use in the kernel. (To
+ * provide this, the TAR should be backed up/restored on exception
+ * entry/exit instead, and be in pt_regs. FIXME, this should be in
+ * pt_regs anyway (for debug).)
+ * Save the TAR here before we do treclaim/trecheckpoint as these
+ * will change the TAR.
+ */
+ save_tar(&prev->thread);
+
__switch_to_tm(prev);
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP