[PATCH] arm64: emulate aarch32 CP15 barriers if needed
Ming Lei
ming.lei at canonical.com
Sun Nov 10 04:23:23 EST 2013
CP15BEN of SCTLR_EL1 may not be implemented, so we need
to emulate these three CP15 barriers to avoid breaking
aarch32 applications since they can be used in user mode.
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei at canonical.com>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
index 7ffaddd..c9f009d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -257,6 +257,34 @@ void arm64_notify_die(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs,
die(str, regs, err);
}
+/*
+ * CP15BEN of SCTLR_EL1 may not be implemented, so emulate
+ * these three instructions when they trap in
+ */
+static int aarch32_cp15_barriers(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ unsigned int instr;
+ void __user *pc = (void __user *)instruction_pointer(regs);
+
+ if (!compat_user_mode(regs))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ get_user(instr, (u32 __user *)pc);
+ instr &= ~0xf000f000;
+
+ if (instr == 0x0e070fba) /* CP15DMB */
+ smp_mb();
+ else if (instr == 0x0e070f9a) /* CP15DSB */
+ dsb();
+ else if (instr == 0x0e070f95) /* CP15ISB */
+ isb();
+ else
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ regs->pc += 4;
+ return 0;
+}
+
asmlinkage void __exception do_undefinstr(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
siginfo_t info;
@@ -266,6 +294,10 @@ asmlinkage void __exception do_undefinstr(struct pt_regs *regs)
if (!aarch32_break_handler(regs))
return;
+ /* check for AArch32 CP15DMB/CP15DSB/CP15ISB */
+ if (!aarch32_cp15_barriers(regs))
+ return;
+
if (show_unhandled_signals && unhandled_signal(current, SIGILL) &&
printk_ratelimit()) {
pr_info("%s[%d]: undefined instruction: pc=%p\n",
--
1.7.9.5
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