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sparc64: Properly truncate pt_regs framepointer in perf callback.
authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:08:52 +0000 (13:08 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Thu, 1 Apr 2010 23:02:00 +0000 (16:02 -0700)
commit21d2d1625659561fc871f03f646ed8c2ca12712f
tree8ef8324ca4d8b798690ae0e5eaf2ddea3662202e
parent09fa864403fb99f753588e5e656b5691e97a0dfb
sparc64: Properly truncate pt_regs framepointer in perf callback.

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For 32-bit processes, we save the full 64-bits of the regs in pt_regs.

But unlike when the userspace actually does load and store
instructions, the top 32-bits don't get automatically truncated by the
cpu in kernel mode (because the kernel doesn't execute with PSTATE_AM
address masking enabled).

So we have to do it by hand.

Reported-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c