[PATCH 1/6] ARM: virt: Avoid bx instruction for compatibility with <=ARMv4

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Fri Jan 11 10:34:12 EST 2013


From: Dave Martin <dave.martin at linaro.org>

Non-T variants of ARMv4 do not support the bx instruction.

However, __hyp_stub_install is always called from the same
instruction set used to build the bulk of the kernel, so bx should
not be necessary.

This patch uses the traditional "mov pc" instead of bx.

Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin at linaro.org>
[will: fixed up remaining bx instruction]
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
index 65b2417..3c60256 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ ENTRY(__hyp_stub_install_secondary)
 	 * immediately.
 	 */
 	compare_cpu_mode_with_primary	r4, r5, r6, r7
-	bxne	lr
+	movne	pc, lr
 
 	/*
 	 * Once we have given up on one CPU, we do not try to install the
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ ENTRY(__hyp_stub_install_secondary)
 	 */
 
 	cmp	r4, #HYP_MODE
-	bxne	lr			@ give up if the CPU is not in HYP mode
+	movne	pc, lr			@ give up if the CPU is not in HYP mode
 
 /*
  * Configure HSCTLR to set correct exception endianness/instruction set
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ ENDPROC(__hyp_get_vectors)
 	@ fall through
 ENTRY(__hyp_set_vectors)
 	__HVC(0)
-	bx	lr
+	mov	pc, lr
 ENDPROC(__hyp_set_vectors)
 
 #ifndef ZIMAGE
-- 
1.8.0




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