[PATCH] RAID6 Altivec fix
This patch fixes a signedness bug with RAID6 for Altivec, and makes the
Altivec code testable in userspace.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid6altivec.uc b/drivers/md/raid6altivec.uc
index 1de8f03..b9afd35 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid6altivec.uc
+++ b/drivers/md/raid6altivec.uc
@@ -27,16 +27,20 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
#include <altivec.h>
-#include <asm/system.h>
-#include <asm/cputable.h>
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+# include <asm/system.h>
+# include <asm/cputable.h>
+#endif
/*
- * This is the C data type to use
+ * This is the C data type to use. We use a vector of
+ * signed char so vec_cmpgt() will generate the right
+ * instruction.
*/
-typedef vector unsigned char unative_t;
+typedef vector signed char unative_t;
-#define NBYTES(x) ((vector unsigned char) {x,x,x,x, x,x,x,x, x,x,x,x, x,x,x,x})
+#define NBYTES(x) ((vector signed char) {x,x,x,x, x,x,x,x, x,x,x,x, x,x,x,x})
#define NSIZE sizeof(unative_t)
/*
@@ -108,7 +112,11 @@
int raid6_have_altivec(void)
{
/* This assumes either all CPUs have Altivec or none does */
+# ifdef __KERNEL__
return cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC);
+# else
+ return 1;
+# endif
}
#endif