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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/makecontext.S8
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/makecontext.S6
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/makecontext.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/makecontext.S
index 95902b13f9..70e3c97626 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/makecontext.S
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/makecontext.S
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ ENTRY(__makecontext)
#ifdef PIC
mflr r0
cfi_register(lr,r0)
- bl 1f
+ /* Use this conditional form of branch and link to avoid destroying
+ the cpu link stack used to predict blr return addresses. */
+ bcl 20,31,1f
1: mflr r6
addi r6,r6,L(exitcode)-1b
mtlr r0
@@ -136,7 +138,9 @@ ENTRY(__novec_makecontext)
#ifdef PIC
mflr r0
cfi_register(lr,r0)
- bl 1f
+ /* Use this conditional form of branch and link to avoid destroying
+ the cpu link stack used to predict blr return addresses. */
+ bcl 20,31,1f
1: mflr r6
addi r6,r6,L(novec_exitcode)-1b
mtlr r0
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/makecontext.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/makecontext.S
index 4a16669383..32fc47c3f3 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/makecontext.S
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/makecontext.S
@@ -124,8 +124,10 @@ L(noparms):
/* If the target function returns we need to do some cleanup. We use a
code trick to get the address of our cleanup function into the link
- register. Do not add any code between here and L(exitcode). */
- bl L(gotexitcodeaddr);
+ register. Do not add any code between here and L(exitcode).
+ Use this conditional form of branch and link to avoid destroying
+ the cpu link stack used to predict blr return addresses. */
+ bcl 20,31,L(gotexitcodeaddr);
/* This is the helper code which gets called if a function which
is registered with 'makecontext' returns. In this case we