[PATCH 03/14] ARM: fixup_pv_table bug when CPU_ENDIAN_BE8

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Wed Jul 24 10:33:35 EDT 2013


On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:27:51AM +0100, Ben Dooks wrote:
> The fixup_pv_table assumes that the instructions are in the same
> endian configuration as the data, but when the CPU is running in
> BE8 the instructions stay in little-endian format.
> 
> Make sure if CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 is set that we do all the
> alterations to the instructions taking in to account the LDR/STR
> will be swapping the data endian-ness.
> 
> Since the code is only modifying a byte, we avoid dual-swapping
> the data, and just change the bits we clear and ORR in (in the
> case where the code is not thumb2).
> 
> For thumb2, we add the necessary rev16 instructions to ensure that
> the instructions are processed in the correct format, as it was
> easier than re-writing the code to contain a mask and shift.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks at codethink.co.uk>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/head.S |    8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> index 8bac553..e40c0b3b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> @@ -584,8 +584,10 @@ __fixup_a_pv_table:
>  	b	2f
>  1:	add     r7, r3
>  	ldrh	ip, [r7, #2]
> +ARM_BE8(rev16	ip, ip)
>  	and	ip, 0x8f00
>  	orr	ip, r6	@ mask in offset bits 31-24
> +ARM_BE8(rev16	ip, ip)

I'm not sure I follow you when you say this is easier than a mask and a
shift? As far as I can tell, it's two extra instructions and makes the LE
and BE cases look different.

>  	strh	ip, [r7, #2]
>  2:	cmp	r4, r5
>  	ldrcc	r7, [r4], #4	@ use branch for delay slot
> @@ -594,8 +596,14 @@ __fixup_a_pv_table:
>  #else
>  	b	2f
>  1:	ldr	ip, [r7, r3]
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8
> +	@ in BE8, we load data in BE, but instructions still in LE
> +	bic	ip, ip, #0xff000000
> +	orr	ip, ip, r6, lsl#24

Pedantry: you could add a space between lsl and #24.

Will



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