[PATCH 2/2] ARM: hyp: simplify __hyp_stub_install epilog
Dave Martin
dave.martin at linaro.org
Mon Jan 7 07:18:07 EST 2013
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 05:44:15PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> __hyp_stub_install duplicates quite a bit of safe_svcmode_maskall
> by forcing the CPU back to SVC. This is unnecessary, as
> safe_svcmode_maskall is called just after.
>
> Furthermore, the way we build SPSR_hyp is buggy as we fail to mask
> the interrupts, leading to interesting behaviours on TC2 + UEFI.
>
> The fix is to simply remove this code and rely on safe_svcmode_maskall
> to do the right thing.
>
> Cc: Dave Martin <dave.martin at linaro.org>
> Reported-by: Harry Liebel <harry.liebel at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
Although there is clearly a bug here, it looks like interrupts will
promptly get masked afterwards due to save_svcmode_maskall. This would
only fail if there is an interrupts asserted during this hazard ...?
Anyway, There's certainly no sense in trying to drop down to SVC mode
twice, so I agree that it is better to delegate that to the
save_svcmode_maskall macro.
Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin at linaro.org>
Cheers
---Dave
> ---
> arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 12 +++---------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> index 65b2417..da7e19f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> @@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ ENTRY(__hyp_stub_install_secondary)
> * Eventually, CPU-specific code might be needed -- assume not for now
> *
> * This code relies on the "eret" instruction to synchronize the
> - * various coprocessor accesses.
> + * various coprocessor accesses. This is done when we switch to SVC
> + * (see safe_svcmode_maskall).
> */
> @ Now install the hypervisor stub:
> adr r7, __hyp_stub_vectors
> @@ -155,14 +156,7 @@ THUMB( orr r7, #(1 << 30) ) @ HSCTLR.TE
> 1:
> #endif
>
> - bic r7, r4, #MODE_MASK
> - orr r7, r7, #SVC_MODE
> -THUMB( orr r7, r7, #PSR_T_BIT )
> - msr spsr_cxsf, r7 @ This is SPSR_hyp.
> -
> - __MSR_ELR_HYP(14) @ msr elr_hyp, lr
> - __ERET @ return, switching to SVC mode
> - @ The boot CPU mode is left in r4.
> + bx lr @ The boot CPU mode is left in r4.
> ENDPROC(__hyp_stub_install_secondary)
>
> __hyp_stub_do_trap:
> --
> 1.8.1
>
>
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