The "add" instruction is actually a macro in binutils and depending on
the size of the immediate it can expand to an "addi" instruction.
However, the "addi" instruction traps on overflows which is not
something we want on address calculation.
Link: http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2015-01/msg00121.html
Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Cc: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.15+
Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@imgtec.com>
.set push
.set noat
SET_HARDFLOAT
- add $1, \base, \off
+ addu $1, \base, \off
.word LDD_MSA_INSN | (\wd << 6)
.set pop
.endm
.set push
.set noat
SET_HARDFLOAT
- add $1, \base, \off
+ addu $1, \base, \off
.word STD_MSA_INSN | (\wd << 6)
.set pop
.endm