[RFT/RFC PATCH 3/6] ARM: add macro to perform far branches (b/bl)

[Ard Biesheuvel]

These macros execute PC-relative branches, but with a larger
reach than the 24 bits that are available in the b and bl opcodes.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
index f67fd3afebdf..bd08c3c1b73f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
@@ -108,6 +108,35 @@
 	.endm
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * Macros to emit relative branches that may exceed the range
+	 * of the 24-bit immediate of the ordinary b/bl instructions.
+	 * NOTE: this doesn't work with locally defined symbols, as they
+	 * might lack the ARM/Thumb annotation (even if they are annotated
+	 * as functions)
+	 */
+	.macro  b_far, target, tmpreg
+#if defined(CONFIG_CPU_32v7) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_32v7M)
+ ARM(	movt	\tmpreg, #:upper16:(\target - (8888f + 8))	)
+ ARM(	movw	\tmpreg, #:lower16:(\target - (8888f + 8))	)
+ THUMB(	movt    \tmpreg, #:upper16:(\target - (8888f + 4))	)
+ THUMB(	movw	\tmpreg, #:lower16:(\target - (8888f + 4))	)
+8888:	add	pc, pc, \tmpreg
+#else
+	ldr	\tmpreg, 8889f
+8888:	add	pc, pc, \tmpreg
+	.align 	2
+8889:
+ ARM(	.word   \target - (8888b + 8)           )
+#endif
+	.endm
+
+	.macro	bl_far, target, tmpreg=ip
+	adr	lr, 8887f
+	b_far	\target, \tmpreg
+8887:
+	.endm
+
 	.macro asm_trace_hardirqs_off
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS)
 	stmdb   sp!, {r0-r3, ip, lr}
-- 
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