[PATCH v2] ARM: bitops: Use BX instead of MOV PC,LR
Dave Martin
dave.martin at linaro.org
Thu Feb 3 13:07:14 EST 2011
The kernel doesn't officially need to interwork, but using BX
wherever appropriate will help educate people into good assembler
coding habits.
BX is appropriate here because this code is predicated on
__LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 6
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin at linaro.org>
---
arch/arm/lib/bitops.h | 8 ++++----
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/bitops.h b/arch/arm/lib/bitops.h
index a9d9d15..5527e23 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/bitops.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
strex r0, r2, [r1]
cmp r0, #0
bne 1b
- mov pc, lr
+ bx lr
.endm
.macro testop, instr, store
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
smp_dmb
cmp r0, #0
movne r0, #1
-2: mov pc, lr
+2: bx lr
.endm
#else
.macro bitop, instr
--
1.7.1
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