patches/glibc/2.7/290-powerpc-8xx-CPU15-errata.patch
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Wed Jul 28 21:32:42 2010 +0200 (2010-07-28)
changeset 2040 c0162f201864
parent 966 b6eec1274efb
permissions -rw-r--r--
config: allow unconditional usage of tristates
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Fix memset on PowerPC 8xx, by Nye Liu:
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http://sourceware.org/ml/crossgcc/2008-10/msg00067.html
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Quote:
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 I am working on a powerpc 860 toolchain, but I am having problems  
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 convincing glibc to not emit code that uses the dcbz instruction (CPU15  
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 dcbX bug). The source of the problem is sysdeps/powerpc/power3/memset.S
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--- glibc-2.7/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/memset.S	2007-03-26 13:09:07.000000000 -0700
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+++ glibc-2.7/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/memset.S.new	2008-10-23 20:28:52.000000000 -0700
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@@ -112,11 +112,13 @@
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 	clrrwi.	rALIGN, rLEN, 5
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 	mtcrf	0x01, rLEN	/* 40th instruction from .align */
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+#ifndef BROKEN_PPC_8xx_CPU15
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 /* Check if we can use the special case for clearing memory using dcbz.
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    This requires that we know the correct cache line size for this
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    processor.  Getting the __cache_line_size may require establishing GOT
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    addressability, so branch out of line to set this up.  */
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 	beq	cr1, L(checklinesize)
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+#endif
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 /* Store blocks of 32-bytes (256-bits) starting on a 32-byte boundary.
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    Can't assume that rCHR is zero or that the cache line size is either
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@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@
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 	add	rMEMP, rMEMP, rALIGN
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 	b	L(medium_tail2)	/* 72nd instruction from .align */
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+#ifndef BROKEN_PPC_8xx_CPU15
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 	.align	5
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 	nop
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 /* Clear cache lines of memory in 128-byte chunks.
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@@ -191,6 +194,7 @@
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 	bdnz	L(zloop)
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 	beqlr	cr5
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 	b	L(medium_tail2)
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+#endif /* ! BROKEN_PPC_8xx_CPU15 */
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 	.align	5
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 L(small):
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@@ -248,6 +252,7 @@
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 	stw	rCHR, -8(rMEMP)
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 	blr
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+#ifndef BROKEN_PPC_8xx_CPU15
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 L(checklinesize):
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 #ifdef SHARED
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 	mflr	rTMP
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@@ -329,6 +334,7 @@
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 L(handletail32):
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 	clrrwi.	rALIGN, rLEN, 5
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 	b	L(nondcbz)
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+#endif /* ! BROKEN_PPC_8xx_CPU15 */
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 END (BP_SYM (memset))
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 libc_hidden_builtin_def (memset)