[PATCH 3/4] [RFC] Add condition code checking to SWP emulation handler.
Will Deacon
will.deacon at arm.com
Mon Nov 21 13:53:51 EST 2011
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 06:30:58PM +0000, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c b/arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c
> index 5f452f8..2e379d5 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
> #include <linux/syscalls.h>
> #include <linux/perf_event.h>
>
> +#include <asm/opcodes.h>
> #include <asm/traps.h>
> #include <asm/uaccess.h>
>
> @@ -183,6 +184,16 @@ static int swp_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int instr)
> unsigned int address, destreg, data, type;
> unsigned int res = 0;
>
> + res = arm_check_condition(instr, regs->ARM_cpsr);
> + if (!res) {
> + /* Condition failed - return to next instruction */
> + regs->ARM_pc += 4;
> + return 0;
> + } else if (res != 1) {
> + /* If unconditional encoding - not a SWP, undef */
> + return -EFAULT;
> + }
> +
> perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS, 1, regs, regs->ARM_pc);
Although the definition of this perf event is by no means well defined, I
think I'd like it to increment even if the opcode condigion isn't satisfied.
After all, we *have* faulted by this point, we just haven't needed to do
anything much in the handler.
Will
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