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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S
index 1501b0a9e74..c1427b3634e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S
@@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_PURR);
/*
* postcall is performed immediately before function return which
- * allows liberal use of volatile registers.
+ * allows liberal use of volatile registers. We branch around this
+ * in early init (eg when populating the MMU hashtable) by using an
+ * unconditional cpu feature.
*/
#define HCALL_INST_POSTCALL \
+BEGIN_FTR_SECTION; \
+ b 1f; \
+END_FTR_SECTION(0, 1); \
ld r4,STK_PARM(r3)(r1); /* validate opcode */ \
cmpldi cr7,r4,MAX_HCALL_OPCODE; \
bgt- cr7,1f; \