[PATCH V2 5/9] arm64: exception: handle instruction abort at current EL
Marc Zyngier
marc.zyngier at arm.com
Wed Apr 6 08:36:46 PDT 2016
On 06/04/16 16:12, Tyler Baicar wrote:
> Add a handler for instruction aborts at the current EL
> (ESR_ELx_EC_IABT_CUR) so they are no longer handled in el1_inv.
> This allows firmware first handling for possible SEA
> (Synchronous External Abort) caused instruction abort at
> current EL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Baicar <tbaicar at codeaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Naveen Kaje <nkaje at codeaurora.org>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> index 12e8d2b..f257856 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> @@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ el1_sync:
> lsr x24, x1, #ESR_ELx_EC_SHIFT // exception class
> cmp x24, #ESR_ELx_EC_DABT_CUR // data abort in EL1
> b.eq el1_da
> + cmp x24, #ESR_ELx_EC_IABT_CUR // instruction abort in EL1
> + b.eq el1_ia
> cmp x24, #ESR_ELx_EC_SYS64 // configurable trap
> b.eq el1_undef
> cmp x24, #ESR_ELx_EC_SP_ALIGN // stack alignment exception
> @@ -363,6 +365,23 @@ el1_da:
> // disable interrupts before pulling preserved data off the stack
> disable_irq
> kernel_exit 1
> +el1_ia:
> + /*
> + * Instruction abort handling
> + */
> + mrs x0, far_el1
> + enable_dbg
> + // re-enable interrupts if they were enabled in the aborted context
> + tbnz x23, #7, 1f // PSR_I_BIT
> + enable_irq
> +1:
> + orr x1, x1, #1 << 24 // use reserved ISS bit for instruction aborts
> + mov x2, sp // struct pt_regs
> + bl do_mem_abort
> +
> + // disable interrupts before pulling preserved data off the stack
> + disable_irq
> + kernel_exit 1
> el1_sp_pc:
> /*
> * Stack or PC alignment exception handling
>
What happens if you were running at EL2 when this faults gets injected?
It looks like KVM needs something similar, doesn't it?
Thanks,
M.
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