[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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