Remove use of ppc string instructions

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/src/powerpc/sysv.S b/src/powerpc/sysv.S
index 96ea22b..9ad8d9f 100644
--- a/src/powerpc/sysv.S
+++ b/src/powerpc/sysv.S
@@ -136,19 +136,14 @@ L(float_return_value):
 	b	L(done_return_value)
 
 L(small_struct_return_value):
-	extrwi	%r6,%r31,2,19         /* number of bytes padding = shift/8 */
-	mtcrf	0x02,%r31	      /* copy flags to cr[24:27] (cr6) */
-	extrwi	%r5,%r31,5,19         /* r5 <- number of bits of padding */
-	subfic  %r6,%r6,4             /* r6 <- number of useful bytes in r3 */
-	bf-	25,L(done_return_value) /* struct in r3 ? if not, done. */
-/* smst_one_register: */
-	slw	%r3,%r3,%r5           /* Left-justify value in r3 */
-	mtxer	%r6                   /* move byte count to XER ... */
-	stswx	%r3,0,%r30            /* ... and store that many bytes */
-	bf+	26,L(done_return_value)  /* struct in r3:r4 ? */
-	add	%r6,%r6,%r30          /* adjust pointer */
-	stswi	%r4,%r6,4             /* store last four bytes */
-	b	L(done_return_value)
+	/*
+	 * The C code always allocates a properly-aligned 8-byte bounce
+	 * buffer to make this assembly code very simple.  Just write out
+	 * r3 and r4 to the buffer to allow the C code to handle the rest.
+	 */
+	stw %r3, 0(%r30)
+	stw %r4, 4(%r30)
+	b L(done_return_value)
 
 .LFE1:
 END(ffi_call_SYSV)