Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932102AbZISLD3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:03:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754905AbZISLD0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:03:26 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:42932 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754808AbZISLD0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:03:26 -0400 Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:03:16 +0100 From: Russell King - ARM Linux To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Bityutskiy Artem , Koskinen Aaro Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: Pass IFSR register to do_PrefetchAbort() Message-ID: <20090919110316.GA23452@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 523 Lines: 11 On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:55:42PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > It needed for proper prefetch abort handling on ARMv7. I think the only thing which is missing is an explaination about why this is desirable given that only later CPUs can give this additional information. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/