read_cpuid_id() in arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
Mason
slash.tmp at free.fr
Mon Mar 16 01:44:46 PDT 2015
On 15/03/2015 18:40, Mason wrote:
> On 13/03/2015 17:45, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>
>> Yes, this one I like - and it probably fixes a potential latent bug
>> where the compiler was free to re-order that mrc outside of the if()
>> statement.
>>
>> Please wrap it up as a normal submission, thanks.
>
> Proposed patch at the end of this message.
>
> I'm now puzzling over why it's required to have "memory"
> in read_cpuid_ext's clobber list, and not in read_cpuid's?
Same player shoot again.
-- >8 --
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:59:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use read_cpuid_ext() macro instead of inline asm
In commit 067e710b9a98 ("ARM: 7801/1: prevent gcc 4.5 from reordering extended
CP15 reads above is_smp() test") Paul Walmsley fixed read_cpuid_ext() and added
the following comment.
The memory clobber prevents gcc 4.5 from reordering the mrc before
any is_smp() tests, which can cause undefined instruction aborts on
ARM1136 r0 due to the missing extended CP15 registers.
Signed-off-by: Mason <slash.tmp at free.fr>
---
arch/arm/kernel/setup.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index e55408e..1d60beb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -246,12 +246,9 @@ static int __get_cpu_architecture(void)
if (cpu_arch)
cpu_arch += CPU_ARCH_ARMv3;
} else if ((read_cpuid_id() & 0x000f0000) == 0x000f0000) {
- unsigned int mmfr0;
-
/* Revised CPUID format. Read the Memory Model Feature
* Register 0 and check for VMSAv7 or PMSAv7 */
- asm("mrc p15, 0, %0, c0, c1, 4"
- : "=r" (mmfr0));
+ unsigned int mmfr0 = read_cpuid_ext(CPUID_EXT_MMFR0);
if ((mmfr0 & 0x0000000f) >= 0x00000003 ||
(mmfr0 & 0x000000f0) >= 0x00000030)
cpu_arch = CPU_ARCH_ARMv7;
--
2.3.2
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