[PATCH v5 1/2] arm64: adjust el0_sync so that a function can be called

[will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon)]

Hi Larry,

On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 07:56:12PM +0100, Larry Bassel wrote:
> To implement the context tracker properly on arm64,
> a function call needs to be made after debugging and
> interrupts are turned on, but before the lr is changed
> to point to ret_to_user(). If the function call
> is made after the lr is changed the function will not
> return to the correct place.
> 
> For similar reasons, defer the setting of x0 so that
> it doesn't need to be saved around the function call
> (save far_el1 in x26 temporarily instead).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Larry Bassel <larry.bassel@linaro.org>

[...]

> @@ -476,23 +481,27 @@ el0_undef:
>  	// enable interrupts before calling the main handler
>  	enable_dbg_and_irq
>  	mov	x0, sp
> +	adr	lr, ret_to_user
>  	b	do_undefinstr
>  el0_dbg:
>  	/*
>  	 * Debug exception handling
>  	 */
>  	tbnz	x24, #0, el0_inv		// EL0 only
> -	mrs	x0, far_el1
> +	mrs	x26, far_el1
> +	mov	x0, x26
>  	mov	x1, x25
>  	mov	x2, sp
>  	bl	do_debug_exception
>  	enable_dbg
> +	mov	x0, x26
>  	b	ret_to_user

Why have you added this mov instruction?

Will