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+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 Michael Ellerman, IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <asm/code-patching.h>
+
+
+void create_instruction(unsigned long addr, unsigned int instr)
+{
+ unsigned int *p;
+ p = (unsigned int *)addr;
+ *p = instr;
+ asm ("dcbst 0, %0; sync; icbi 0,%0; sync; isync" : : "r" (p));
+}
+
+void create_branch(unsigned long addr, unsigned long target, int flags)
+{
+ unsigned int instruction;
+
+ if (! (flags & BRANCH_ABSOLUTE))
+ target = target - addr;
+
+ /* Mask out the flags and target, so they don't step on each other. */
+ instruction = 0x48000000 | (flags & 0x3) | (target & 0x03FFFFFC);
+
+ create_instruction(addr, instruction);
+}