[PATCH] ARM: V7M: Preserve registers across switch from Thread to Handler mode

[Vladimir Murzin]

On 30/03/17 09:09, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
> According to ARMv7 ARM, when exception is taken content of r0-r3, r12
> is unknown (see ExceptionTaken() pseudocode). Even though existent
> implementations keep these register unchanged, preserve them to be in
> line with architecture.
> 
> Reported-by: Dobromir Stefanov <dobromir.stefanov at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin at arm.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mm/proc-v7m.S | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7m.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7m.S
> index 5049777..47a5acc 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7m.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7m.S
> @@ -135,9 +135,11 @@ __v7m_setup_cont:
>  	dsb
>  	mov	r6, lr			@ save LR
>  	ldr	sp, =init_thread_union + THREAD_START_SP
> +	stmia	sp, {r0-r3, r12}
>  	cpsie	i
>  	svc	#0
>  1:	cpsid	i
> +	ldmia	sp, {r0-r3, r12}
>  	str	r5, [r12, #11 * 4]	@ restore the original SVC vector entry
>  	mov	lr, r6			@ restore LR
>  
> 

Ok for patch tracker?

Vladimir