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Date:   Fri, 19 Jul 2019 10:23:03 -0500
From:   Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Cc:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: slightly improve cache helpers
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On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 08:24:56PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 11:49:52PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 07:04:43AM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> > > Is that a Clang bug ?
> > 
> > No idea, it happens with clang-8 and clang-9 though (pretty sure there
> > were fixes for PowerPC in clang-8 so something before it probably won't
> > work but I haven't tried).
> > 
> > > 
> > > Do you have a disassembly of the code both with and without this patch in
> > > order to compare ?
> > 
> > I can give you whatever disassembly you want (or I can upload the raw
> > files if that is easier).
> 
> What disassembly/files did you need to start taking a look at this? I
> can upload/send whatever you need.

A before and after of *only this patch*.  And then look at what changed;
it maybe be obvious what is the problem to you, as well, so look at it
yourself first?


Segher