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Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h index 4470d1e34d2..844c28de7ec 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/lppaca.h @@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ struct lppaca { * the processor is yielded (either because of an OS yield or a * hypervisor preempt). An even value implies that the processor is * currently executing. - * NOTE: This value will ALWAYS be zero for dedicated processors and - * will NEVER be zero for shared processors (ie, initialized to a 1). + * NOTE: Even dedicated processor partitions can yield so this + * field cannot be used to determine if we are shared or dedicated. */ volatile __be32 yield_count; volatile __be32 dispersion_count; /* dispatch changed physical cpu */ @@ -106,15 +106,15 @@ extern struct lppaca lppaca[]; #define lppaca_of(cpu) (*paca[cpu].lppaca_ptr) /* - * Old kernels used a reserved bit in the VPA to determine if it was running - * in shared processor mode. New kernels look for a non zero yield count - * but KVM still needs to set the bit to keep the old stuff happy. + * We are using a non architected field to determine if a partition is + * shared or dedicated. This currently works on both KVM and PHYP, but + * we will have to transition to something better. */ #define LPPACA_OLD_SHARED_PROC 2 static inline bool lppaca_shared_proc(struct lppaca *l) { - return l->yield_count != 0; + return !!(l->__old_status & LPPACA_OLD_SHARED_PROC); } /* |