From: ak@linux.intel.com (Andi Kleen)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: Do not allow unaligned accesses when CONFIG_ALIGNMENT_TRAP
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 15:29:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DDED44E.9070402@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110526215101.GL24876@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
> Catalin said in his mail "I haven't tried with -mno-unaligned-access, I
> suspect the variables on the stack would be aligned.". So I don't think
> we know enough to say whether -mno-unaligned-access avoids the stack
> packing.
It won't, the arm gcc code just checks flag_conserve_stack.
IMHO it's just a gcc bug. You should report it to
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla
As a temporary workaround you can disable it in the kernel too, but as soon
as the compiler it's fixed I would recommend considering to reenable it.
-Andi
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From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
To: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: "Nicolas Pitre" <nico@fluxnic.net>,
"Will Deacon" <will.deacon@arm.com>,
"Måns Rullgård" <mans@mansr.com>,
"Catalin Marinas" <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
sam@ravnborg.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: Do not allow unaligned accesses when CONFIG_ALIGNMENT_TRAP
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 15:29:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DDED44E.9070402@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110526215101.GL24876@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
> Catalin said in his mail "I haven't tried with -mno-unaligned-access, I
> suspect the variables on the stack would be aligned.". So I don't think
> we know enough to say whether -mno-unaligned-access avoids the stack
> packing.
It won't, the arm gcc code just checks flag_conserve_stack.
IMHO it's just a gcc bug. You should report it to
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla
As a temporary workaround you can disable it in the kernel too, but as soon
as the compiler it's fixed I would recommend considering to reenable it.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-26 22:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-23 11:16 [PATCH] ARM: Do not allow unaligned accesses when CONFIG_ALIGNMENT_TRAP Catalin Marinas
2011-05-23 12:30 ` Måns Rullgård
2011-05-23 13:25 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-05-23 13:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-05-23 13:51 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-23 14:37 ` Måns Rullgård
2011-05-23 14:41 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-23 14:52 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-05-24 9:39 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-24 14:17 ` Måns Rullgård
2011-05-24 15:26 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-24 16:23 ` Måns Rullgård
2011-05-24 17:26 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-05-24 17:13 ` Dave Martin
2011-05-25 11:14 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-25 12:43 ` Dave Martin
2011-05-25 13:32 ` Måns Rullgård
2011-05-25 14:05 ` Dave Martin
2011-05-25 14:48 ` Måns Rullgård
2011-05-25 14:50 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-25 14:53 ` Måns Rullgård
2011-05-26 17:10 ` Will Deacon
2011-05-26 17:10 ` Will Deacon
2011-05-26 18:14 ` Måns Rullgård
2011-05-26 18:14 ` Måns Rullgård
2011-05-26 19:58 ` Andi Kleen
2011-05-26 19:58 ` Andi Kleen
2011-05-26 21:03 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-05-26 21:03 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-05-26 21:10 ` Andi Kleen
2011-05-26 21:10 ` Andi Kleen
2011-05-26 21:26 ` Måns Rullgård
2011-05-26 21:26 ` Måns Rullgård
2011-05-27 10:05 ` Will Deacon
2011-05-27 10:05 ` Will Deacon
2011-05-27 16:53 ` Andi Kleen
2011-05-27 16:53 ` Andi Kleen
2011-05-26 21:51 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-05-26 21:51 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-05-26 22:29 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2011-05-26 22:29 ` Andi Kleen
2011-05-27 8:38 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-27 8:38 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-27 8:54 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-05-27 8:54 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-05-27 9:51 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-27 9:51 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-27 9:56 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-27 9:56 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-27 12:46 ` Måns Rullgård
2011-05-27 12:46 ` Måns Rullgård
2011-05-28 15:34 ` [PATCH] Disable -fconserve-stack on ARM Andi Kleen
2011-05-28 15:34 ` Andi Kleen
2011-05-31 16:30 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-31 16:30 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-31 18:01 ` Andi Kleen
2011-05-31 18:01 ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-02 13:08 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-06-02 13:08 ` Catalin Marinas
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2011-05-27 12:14 ` [PATCH] ARM: Do not allow unaligned accesses when CONFIG_ALIGNMENT_TRAP Frank Hofmann
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