[PATCH 13/19] ARM: exceptions: make in-binary exception table const

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Mon Jan 5 03:26:54 PST 2026


When making the .text section const we can no longer modify the code.
On ARMv5/v6 we finally use a copy of the exception table anyway, so
instead of modifying it in-place and copy afterwards, copy it first and
then modify it.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
---
 arch/arm/cpu/exceptions_32.S       | 40 ++++++--------------------------------
 arch/arm/cpu/interrupts_32.c       | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm/cpu/mmu_32.c              |  3 +--
 arch/arm/include/asm/barebox-arm.h |  4 ++--
 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/exceptions_32.S b/arch/arm/cpu/exceptions_32.S
index 302e4d030d6347e8fdb488db73a0a3a4bb1c0ec7..e4a54897bf9fe134fbc48a69a4c5a2efce2acbbc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/exceptions_32.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/exceptions_32.S
@@ -92,24 +92,28 @@ do_abort_\@:
 	.arm
 
 	.align  5
+.globl undefined_instruction
 undefined_instruction:
 	get_bad_stack
 	bad_save_user_regs
 	bl 	do_undefined_instruction
 
 	.align	5
+.globl software_interrupt
 software_interrupt:
 	get_bad_stack
 	bad_save_user_regs
 	bl 	do_software_interrupt
 
 	.align	5
+.globl prefetch_abort
 prefetch_abort:
 	get_bad_stack
 	bad_save_user_regs
 	bl 	do_prefetch_abort
 
 	.align	5
+.globl data_abort
 data_abort:
 	try_data_abort
 	get_bad_stack
@@ -117,45 +121,19 @@ data_abort:
 	bl 	do_data_abort
 
 	.align	5
+.globl irq
 irq:
 	get_bad_stack
 	bad_save_user_regs
 	bl 	do_irq
 
 	.align	5
+.globl fiq
 fiq:
 	get_bad_stack
 	bad_save_user_regs
 	bl 	do_fiq
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_EXCEPTIONS
-/*
- * With relocatable binary support the runtime exception vectors do not match
- * the addresses in the binary. We have to fix them up during runtime
- */
-ENTRY(arm_fixup_vectors)
-	ldr	r0, =undefined_instruction
-	ldr	r1, =_undefined_instruction
-	str	r0, [r1]
-	ldr	r0, =software_interrupt
-	ldr	r1, =_software_interrupt
-	str	r0, [r1]
-	ldr	r0, =prefetch_abort
-	ldr	r1, =_prefetch_abort
-	str	r0, [r1]
-	ldr	r0, =data_abort
-	ldr	r1, =_data_abort
-	str	r0, [r1]
-	ldr	r0, =irq
-	ldr	r1, =_irq
-	str	r0, [r1]
-	ldr	r0, =fiq
-	ldr	r1, =_fiq
-	str	r0, [r1]
-	bx	lr
-ENDPROC(arm_fixup_vectors)
-#endif
-
 .section .text_inplace_exceptions
 1:	b 1b			/* barebox_arm_reset_vector */
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_EXCEPTIONS
@@ -188,17 +166,11 @@ extable:
 1:	b 1b				/* (reserved) */
 	ldr pc, _irq			/* irq (interrupt) */
 	ldr pc, _fiq			/* fiq (fast interrupt) */
-.globl _undefined_instruction
 _undefined_instruction: .word undefined_instruction
-.globl _software_interrupt
 _software_interrupt: .word software_interrupt
-.globl _prefetch_abort
 _prefetch_abort: .word prefetch_abort
-.globl _data_abort
 _data_abort: .word data_abort
-.globl _irq
 _irq: .word irq
-.globl _fiq
 _fiq: .word fiq
 #else
 1:	b 1b				/* undefined instruction */
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/interrupts_32.c b/arch/arm/cpu/interrupts_32.c
index 6ebcbcd8dc1299c0333da87e496bc57172691fa8..99a0bce9244e339f69548868ce6efcaf72194f47 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/interrupts_32.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/interrupts_32.c
@@ -184,3 +184,41 @@ void arm_pbl_init_exceptions(void)
 	set_vbar((unsigned long)__inplace_exceptions_start);
 }
 #endif
+
+/* This struct must match the assembly exception table in exceptions_32.S */
+struct extable {
+	uint32_t reset;
+	uint32_t undefined_instruction;
+	uint32_t software_interrupt;
+	uint32_t prefetch_abort;
+	uint32_t data_abort;
+	uint32_t reserved;
+	uint32_t irq;
+	uint32_t fiq;
+	void *undefined_instruction_ptr;
+	void *software_interrupt_ptr;
+	void *prefetch_abort_ptr;
+	void *data_abort_ptr;
+	void *reserved_ptr;
+	void *irq_ptr;
+	void *fiq_ptr;
+};
+
+void undefined_instruction(void);
+void software_interrupt(void);
+void prefetch_abort(void);
+void data_abort(void);
+void irq(void);
+void fiq(void);
+
+void arm_fixup_vectors(void *_table)
+{
+	struct extable *table = _table;
+
+	table->undefined_instruction_ptr = undefined_instruction;
+	table->software_interrupt_ptr = software_interrupt;
+	table->prefetch_abort_ptr = prefetch_abort;
+	table->data_abort_ptr = irq;
+	table->irq_ptr = irq;
+	table->fiq_ptr = fiq;
+}
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/mmu_32.c b/arch/arm/cpu/mmu_32.c
index 9ce77078d5e35810f2239d82f29f67e2aa2e4d8e..a1d10db009650c2f9322fa8f7e4a54a0430bb2fa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/mmu_32.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/mmu_32.c
@@ -538,10 +538,9 @@ static void create_vector_table(unsigned long adr)
 			      get_pte_flags(MAP_CACHED), true);
 	}
 
-	arm_fixup_vectors();
-
 	memset(vectors, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
 	memcpy(vectors, __exceptions_start, __exceptions_stop - __exceptions_start);
+	arm_fixup_vectors(vectors);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/barebox-arm.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/barebox-arm.h
index 11be8b85837ea3d1e56d3433b4b7e05eb9e15a47..6c30d9d22e3d3ef6943dd8bca67d8e1394e051d4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/barebox-arm.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/barebox-arm.h
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ unsigned long arm_mem_membase_get(void);
 unsigned long arm_mem_endmem_get(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_EXCEPTIONS
-void arm_fixup_vectors(void);
+void arm_fixup_vectors(void *table);
 #else
-static inline void arm_fixup_vectors(void)
+static inline void arm_fixup_vectors(void *table)
 {
 }
 #endif

-- 
2.47.3




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