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    powerpc: sstep: Add tests for compute type instructions · 84022ac1
    Sandipan Das authored
    This enhances the current selftest framework for validating
    the in-kernel instruction emulation infrastructure by adding
    support for compute type instructions i.e. integer ALU-based
    instructions. Originally, this framework was limited to only
    testing load and store instructions.
    
    While most of the GPRs can be validated, support for SPRs is
    limited to LR, CR and XER for now.
    
    When writing the test cases, one must ensure that the Stack
    Pointer (GPR1) or the Thread Pointer (GPR13) are not touched
    by any means as these are vital non-volatile registers.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSandipan Das <sandipan@linux.ibm.com>
    [mpe: Use patch_site for the code patching]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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test_emulate_step_exec_instr.S 3.44 KB