PowerPC: Extend Program Priority Register support

This patch adds extra inline functions to change the Program Priority
Register from ISA 2.07.

2015-08-19  Gabriel F. T. Gomes  <gftg@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

	* sysdeps/powerpc/sys/platform/ppc.h (__ppc_set_ppr_med_high,
	__ppc_set_ppr_very_low): New functions.
	* manual/platform.texi: Add documentation about
	__ppc_set_ppr_med_high and __ppc_set_ppr_very_low.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/manual/platform.texi b/manual/platform.texi
index 872e32ecb3..cb166641fb 100644
--- a/manual/platform.texi
+++ b/manual/platform.texi
@@ -97,3 +97,21 @@ Set the Program Priority Register to low value.
 @safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}}
 Set the Program Priority Register to medium low value.
 @end deftypefun
+
+Power ISA 2.07 extends the priorities that can be set to the Program Priority
+Register (PPR).  The following functions implement the new priority levels:
+very low and medium high.
+
+@deftypefun {void} __ppc_set_ppr_very_low (void)
+@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}}
+Set the Program Priority Register to very low value.
+@end deftypefun
+
+@deftypefun {void} __ppc_set_ppr_med_high (void)
+@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}}
+Set the Program Priority Register to medium high value.  The medium high
+priority is privileged and may only be set during certain time intervals by
+problem-state programs.  If the program priority is medium high when the time
+interval expires or if an attempt is made to set the priority to medium high
+when it is not allowed, the priority is set to medium.
+@end deftypefun