[RFC PATCH 4/5] ARM: entry: Remove unnecessary masking when decoding Thumb-2 instructions
Dave Martin
dave.martin at linaro.org
Wed Aug 10 06:13:42 EDT 2011
When testing whether a Thumb-2 instruction is 32 bits long or not,
the masking done in order to test bits 11-15 of the first
instruction halfword won't affect the result of the comparison, so
remove it.
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin at linaro.org>
---
arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S | 6 ++----
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index a87cbf8..b7236d4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -262,8 +262,7 @@ __und_svc:
ldr r0, [r4, #-4]
#else
ldrh r0, [r4, #-2] @ Thumb instruction at LR - 2
- and r9, r0, #0xf800
- cmp r9, #0xe800 @ 32-bit instruction if xx >= 0
+ cmp r0, #0xe800 @ 32-bit instruction if xx >= 0
ldrhhs r9, [r4] @ bottom 16 bits
orrhs r0, r9, r0, lsl #16
#endif
@@ -445,8 +444,7 @@ __und_usr:
ARM( ldrht r5, [r4], #2 )
THUMB( ldrht r5, [r4] )
THUMB( add r4, r4, #2 )
- and r0, r5, #0xf800 @ mask bits 111x x... .... ....
- cmp r0, #0xe800 @ 32bit instruction if xx != 0
+ cmp r5, #0xe800 @ 32bit instruction if xx != 0
blo __und_usr_unknown
3: ldrht r0, [r4]
add r2, r2, #2 @ r2 is PC + 2, make it PC + 4
--
1.7.4.1
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