[PATCH] arm64: opcodes.h: Add arm big-endian config options before including arm header

James Morse james.morse at arm.com
Thu Mar 24 09:54:34 PDT 2016


arm and arm64 use different config options to specify big endian. This
needs taking into account when including code/headers between the two
architectures.

A case in point is PAN, which uses the __instr_arm() macro to output
instructions. The macro comes from opcodes.h, which lives under arch/arm.
On a big-endian build the mismatched config options mean the instruction
isn't byte swapped correctly, resulting in undefined instruction exceptions
during boot:
> alternatives: patching kernel code
> kdevtmpfs[87]: undefined instruction: pc=ffffffc0004505b4
> kdevtmpfs[87]: undefined instruction: pc=ffffffc00076231c
> kdevtmpfs[87]: undefined instruction: pc=ffffffc00076231c
> kdevtmpfs[87]: undefined instruction: pc=ffffffc00076231c
> kdevtmpfs[87]: undefined instruction: pc=ffffffc00076231c
> kdevtmpfs[87]: undefined instruction: pc=ffffffc00076231c
> kdevtmpfs[87]: undefined instruction: pc=ffffffc00076231c
> kdevtmpfs[87]: undefined instruction: pc=ffffffc00076231c
> kdevtmpfs[87]: undefined instruction: pc=ffffffc00076231c
> kdevtmpfs[87]: undefined instruction: pc=ffffffc00076231c
> Internal error: Oops - undefined instruction: 0 [#1] SMP
> Modules linked in:
> CPU: 0 PID: 87 Comm: kdevtmpfs Not tainted 4.1.16+ #5
> Hardware name: Hisilicon PhosphorHi1382 EVB (DT)
> task: ffffffc336591700 ti: ffffffc3365a4000 task.ti: ffffffc3365a4000
> PC is at dump_instr+0x68/0x100
> LR is at do_undefinstr+0x1d4/0x2a4
> pc : [<ffffffc00076231c>] lr : [<ffffffc0000811d4>] pstate: 604001c5
> sp : ffffffc3365a6450

Reported-by: Hanjun Guo <guohanjun at huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org> #4.3.x-
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/opcodes.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/opcodes.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/opcodes.h
index 4e603ea36ad3..123f45d92cd1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/opcodes.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/opcodes.h
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+#define CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+#endif
+
 #include <../../arm/include/asm/opcodes.h>
-- 
2.8.0.rc3




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