From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from brightrain.aerifal.cx (216-12-86-13.cv.mvl.ntelos.net [216.12.86.13]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DADCD385DC23 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 02:36:43 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org DADCD385DC23 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=libc.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=dalias@libc.org Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:36:42 -0400 From: Rich Felker To: Nicholas Piggin Cc: Adhemerval Zanella , libc-alpha@sourceware.org, libc-dev@lists.llvm.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, musl@lists.openwall.com Subject: Re: [musl] Powerpc Linux 'scv' system call ABI proposal take 2 Message-ID: <20200423023642.GP11469@brightrain.aerifal.cx> References: <20200416175932.GZ11469@brightrain.aerifal.cx> <4f824a37-e660-8912-25aa-fde88d4b79f3@linaro.org> <20200416183151.GA11469@brightrain.aerifal.cx> <1587344003.daumxvs1kh.astroid@bobo.none> <20200420013412.GZ11469@brightrain.aerifal.cx> <1587348538.l1ioqml73m.astroid@bobo.none> <20200420040926.GA11469@brightrain.aerifal.cx> <1587356128.aslvdnmtbw.astroid@bobo.none> <20200420172715.GC11469@brightrain.aerifal.cx> <1587531042.1qvc287tsc.astroid@bobo.none> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1587531042.1qvc287tsc.astroid@bobo.none> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, KAM_NUMSUBJECT, KHOP_HELO_FCRDNS, RDNS_DYNAMIC, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 02:36:44 -0000 On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 04:18:36PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote: > Yeah I had a bit of a play around with musl (which is very nice code I > must say). The powerpc64 syscall asm is missing ctr clobber by the way. > Fortunately adding it doesn't change code generation for me, but it > should be fixed. glibc had the same bug at one point I think (probably > due to syscall ABI documentation not existing -- something now lives in > linux/Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.rst). Do you know anywhere I can read about the ctr issue, possibly the relevant glibc bug report? I'm not particularly familiar with ppc register file (at least I have to refamiliarize myself every time I work on this stuff) so it'd be nice to understand what's potentially-wrong now. Rich