[PATCH v2 1/2] arm64: adjust el0_sync so that a function can be called

Larry Bassel larry.bassel at linaro.org
Tue May 6 16:32:28 PDT 2014


To implement the context tracker properly on arm64,
a function call needs to be made after debugging and
interrupts are turned on, but before the lr is changed
to point to ret_from_exception(). If the function call
is made after the lr is changed the function will not
return to the correct place.

For similar reasons, defer the setting of x0 so that
it doesn't need to be saved around the function call
(save far_el1 in x26 temporarily instead).

Signed-off-by: Larry Bassel <larry.bassel at linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman at linaro.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index 39ac630..d920d7f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -349,11 +349,11 @@ el0_sync:
 	lsr	x24, x25, #ESR_EL1_EC_SHIFT	// exception class
 	cmp	x24, #ESR_EL1_EC_SVC64		// SVC in 64-bit state
 	b.eq	el0_svc
-	adr	lr, ret_from_exception
 	cmp	x24, #ESR_EL1_EC_DABT_EL0	// data abort in EL0
 	b.eq	el0_da
 	cmp	x24, #ESR_EL1_EC_IABT_EL0	// instruction abort in EL0
 	b.eq	el0_ia
+	adr	lr, ret_from_exception
 	cmp	x24, #ESR_EL1_EC_FP_ASIMD	// FP/ASIMD access
 	b.eq	el0_fpsimd_acc
 	cmp	x24, #ESR_EL1_EC_FP_EXC64	// FP/ASIMD exception
@@ -378,11 +378,11 @@ el0_sync_compat:
 	lsr	x24, x25, #ESR_EL1_EC_SHIFT	// exception class
 	cmp	x24, #ESR_EL1_EC_SVC32		// SVC in 32-bit state
 	b.eq	el0_svc_compat
-	adr	lr, ret_from_exception
 	cmp	x24, #ESR_EL1_EC_DABT_EL0	// data abort in EL0
 	b.eq	el0_da
 	cmp	x24, #ESR_EL1_EC_IABT_EL0	// instruction abort in EL0
 	b.eq	el0_ia
+	adr	lr, ret_from_exception
 	cmp	x24, #ESR_EL1_EC_FP_ASIMD	// FP/ASIMD access
 	b.eq	el0_fpsimd_acc
 	cmp	x24, #ESR_EL1_EC_FP_EXC32	// FP/ASIMD exception
@@ -421,28 +421,32 @@ el0_da:
 	/*
 	 * Data abort handling
 	 */
-	mrs	x0, far_el1
-	bic	x0, x0, #(0xff << 56)
+	mrs	x26, far_el1
 	disable_step x1
 	isb
 	enable_dbg
 	// enable interrupts before calling the main handler
 	enable_irq
+	mov	x0, x26
+	bic	x0, x0, #(0xff << 56)
 	mov	x1, x25
 	mov	x2, sp
+	adr	lr, ret_from_exception
 	b	do_mem_abort
 el0_ia:
 	/*
 	 * Instruction abort handling
 	 */
-	mrs	x0, far_el1
+	mrs	x26, far_el1
 	disable_step x1
 	isb
 	enable_dbg
 	// enable interrupts before calling the main handler
 	enable_irq
+	mov	x0, x26
 	orr	x1, x25, #1 << 24		// use reserved ISS bit for instruction aborts
 	mov	x2, sp
+	adr	lr, ret_from_exception
 	b	do_mem_abort
 el0_fpsimd_acc:
 	/*
-- 
1.8.3.2




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