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powerpc: No need to preserve count register across system call

The count register is volatile so we don't need to preserve it.
Store zero to the entry in the exception frame.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Anton Blanchard 13 years ago
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1 changed files with 1 additions and 2 deletions
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      arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S

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arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ system_call_common:
 	std	r11,GPR11(r1)
 	std	r11,GPR12(r1)
 	std	r11,_XER(r1)
+	std	r11,_CTR(r1)
 	std	r9,GPR13(r1)
 	mfcr	r9
 	mflr	r10
@@ -90,8 +91,6 @@ system_call_common:
 	std	r9,_CCR(r1)
 	std	r10,_LINK(r1)
 	std	r11,_TRAP(r1)
-	mfctr	r10
-	std	r10,_CTR(r1)
 	std	r3,ORIG_GPR3(r1)
 	ld	r2,PACATOC(r13)
 	addi	r9,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD