From baa94563fede8959a638b0fa132dd2124acd93e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@gentoo.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:31:32 +0200
Subject: ppc: linux: Check altivec using the auxv

Should prevent trying to use altivec when it is disabled by the kernel.
---
 libavutil/ppc/cpu.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

(limited to 'libavutil/ppc')

diff --git a/libavutil/ppc/cpu.c b/libavutil/ppc/cpu.c
index 50107e1fca..2ceb88a68c 100644
--- a/libavutil/ppc/cpu.c
+++ b/libavutil/ppc/cpu.c
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#elif defined(__linux__)
+#include <asm/cputable.h>
+#include <linux/auxvec.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #elif defined(__OpenBSD__)
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
@@ -62,6 +67,32 @@ int ff_get_cpu_flags_ppc(void)
     if (err == 0)
         return has_vu ? AV_CPU_FLAG_ALTIVEC : 0;
     return 0;
+#elif defined(__linux__)
+    // The linux kernel could have the altivec support disabled
+    // even if the cpu has it.
+    int i, ret = 0;
+    int fd = open("/proc/self/auxv", O_RDONLY);
+    unsigned long buf[64] = { 0 };
+    ssize_t count;
+
+    if (fd < 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    while ((count = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
+        for (i = 0; i < count / sizeof(*buf); i += 2) {
+            if (buf[i] == AT_NULL)
+                goto out;
+            if (buf[i] == AT_HWCAP) {
+                if (buf[i + 1] & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC)
+                    ret = AV_CPU_FLAG_ALTIVEC;
+                goto out;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+out:
+    close(fd);
+    return ret;
 #elif CONFIG_RUNTIME_CPUDETECT
     int proc_ver;
     // Support of mfspr PVR emulation added in Linux 2.6.17.
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