powerpc: Fix parameter clobber in csum_partial_copy_generic()
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tue, 1 Oct 2013 06:54:05 +0000 (16:54 +1000)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Sat, 26 Oct 2013 20:06:07 +0000 (21:06 +0100)
commit13ce0c4a399a654effc40a9a57e87ac23cf19267
tree7b5dd828aa41e5ca6b15d8a28448ad778923e919
parent408318734877aca9f11a8d7d1835456305c61f4d
powerpc: Fix parameter clobber in csum_partial_copy_generic()

commit d9813c3681a36774b254c0cdc9cce53c9e22c756 upstream.

The csum_partial_copy_generic() uses register r7 to adjust the remaining
bytes to process.  Unfortunately, r7 also holds a parameter, namely the
address of the flag to set in case of access exceptions while reading
the source buffer.  Lacking a quantum implementation of PowerPC, this
commit instead uses register r9 to do the adjusting, leaving r7's
pointer uncorrupted.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
arch/powerpc/lib/checksum_64.S