src/cpu/ppc/vm/interpreter_ppc.cpp

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    __ b(loop_start);
  
    __ bind(do_float);
    __ lfs(floatSlot, 0, arg_java);
  #if defined(LINUX)
+   // Linux uses ELF ABI. Both original ELF and ELFv2 ABIs have float
+   // in the least significant word of an argument slot.
+ #if defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+   __ stfs(floatSlot, 0, arg_c);
+ #else
    __ stfs(floatSlot, 4, arg_c);
+ #endif
  #elif defined(AIX)
+   // Although AIX runs on big endian CPU, float is in most significant
+   // word of an argument slot.
    __ stfs(floatSlot, 0, arg_c);
  #else
  #error "unknown OS"
  #endif
    __ addi(arg_java, arg_java, -BytesPerWord);