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    MIPS: Use dins to simplify __write_64bit_c0_split() · 36dc5b20
    Paul Burton authored
    The code in __write_64bit_c0_split() is used by MIPS32 kernels running
    on MIPS64 CPUs to write a 64-bit value to a 64-bit coprocessor 0
    register using a single 64-bit dmtc0 instruction. It does this by
    combining the 2x 32-bit registers used to hold the 64-bit value into a
    single register, which in the existing code involves three steps:
    
      1) Zero extend register A which holds bits 31:0 of our data, since it
         may have previously held a sign-extended value.
    
      2) Shift register B which holds bits 63:32 of our data in bits 31:0
         left by 32 bits, such that the bits forming our data are in the
         position they'll be in the final 64-bit value & bits 31:0 of the
         register are zero.
    
      3) Or the two registers together to form the 64-bit value in one
         64-bit register.
    
    From MIPS r2 onwards we have a dins instruction which can effectively
    perform all 3 of those steps using a single instruction.
    
    Add a path for MIPS r2 & beyond which uses dins to take bits 31:0 from
    register B & insert them into bits 63:32 of register A, giving us our
    full 64-bit value in register A with one instruction.
    
    Since we know that MIPS r2 & above support the sel field for the dmtc0
    instruction, we don't bother special casing sel==0. Omiting the sel
    field would assemble to exactly the same instruction as when we
    explicitly specify that it equals zero.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com>
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