[PATCH v4 4/7] arm64: introduce aarch64_insn_gen_{nop|branch_imm}() helper functions

Jiang Liu liuj97 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 17 02:19:37 EDT 2013


From: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu at huawei.com>

Introduce aarch64_insn_gen_{nop|branch_imm}() helper functions, which
will be used to implement jump label on ARM64.

Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu at huawei.com>
Cc: Jiang Liu <liuj97 at gmail.com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h |  7 +++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c      | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
index d62b601..ac129a8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ static __always_inline void aarch64_insn_write(void *addr, u32 insn)
 enum aarch64_insn_encoding_class aarch64_get_insn_class(u32 insn);
 u32 aarch64_insn_encode_immediate(enum aarch64_insn_imm_type type,
 				  u32 insn, u64 imm);
+u32 aarch64_insn_gen_branch_imm(unsigned long pc, unsigned long addr,
+				bool link);
+static __always_inline u32 aarch64_insn_gen_nop(void)
+{
+	return aarch64_insn_get_nop_value();
+}
+
 bool aarch64_insn_hotpatch_safe(u32 old_insn, u32 new_insn);
 
 int aarch64_insn_patch_text_nosync(void *addrs[], u32 insns[], int cnt);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
index 344d23ed..a59f71d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
@@ -205,3 +206,30 @@ u32 aarch64_insn_encode_immediate(enum aarch64_insn_imm_type type,
 
 	return insn;
 }
+
+u32 aarch64_insn_gen_branch_imm(unsigned long pc, unsigned long addr, bool link)
+{
+	u32 insn;
+	long offset;
+
+	/*
+	 * PC: A 64-bit Program Counter holding the address of the current
+	 * instruction. A64 instructions may be word-aligned.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON((pc & 0x3) || (addr & 0x3));
+
+	/*
+	 * B/BL support [-128M, 128M) offset
+	 * ARM64 virtual address arrangement garantees all kernel and module
+	 * texts are within +/-128M.
+	 */
+	offset = ((long)addr - (long)pc) >> 2;
+	BUG_ON(abs(offset) > BIT(25) || offset == BIT(25));
+
+	if (link)
+		insn = aarch64_insn_get_bl_value();
+	else
+		insn = aarch64_insn_get_b_value();
+
+	return aarch64_insn_encode_immediate(AARCH64_INSN_IMM_26, insn, offset);
+}
-- 
1.8.1.2




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