From: dave.martin@linaro.org (Dave Martin)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: decompressor: Enable unaligned memory access for v6 and above
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 12:41:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1352205711-15787-1-git-send-email-dave.martin@linaro.org> (raw)
Modern GCC can generate code which makes use of the CPU's native
unaligned memory access capabilities. This is useful for the C
decompressor implementations used for unpacking compressed kernels.
This patch disables alignment faults and enables the v6 unaligned
access model on CPUs which support these features (i.e., v6 and
later), allowing full unaligned access support for C code in the
decompressor.
The decompressor C code must not be built to assume that unaligned
access works if support for v5 or older platforms is included in
the kernel.
For correct code generation, C decompressor code must always use
the get_unaligned and put_unaligned accessors when dealing with
unaligned pointers, regardless of this patch.
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
---
This is the same as the previous post, with an additional comment
in the commit message regarding the use of {get,put}_unaligned,
as suggested by Nico.
Tested on ARM1136JF-S (Integrator/CP) and ARM1176JZF-S (RealView
PB1176JZF-S). ARM1176 is like v7 regarding the MIDR and SCTLR
alignment control bits, so this tests the v7 code path.
arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index 90275f0..49ca86e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -652,6 +652,15 @@ __setup_mmu: sub r3, r4, #16384 @ Page directory size
mov pc, lr
ENDPROC(__setup_mmu)
+@ Enable unaligned access on v6, to allow better code generation
+@ for the decompressor C code:
+__armv6_mmu_cache_on:
+ mrc p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 0 @ read SCTLR
+ bic r0, r0, #2 @ A (no unaligned access fault)
+ orr r0, r0, #1 << 22 @ U (v6 unaligned access model)
+ mcr p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 0 @ write SCTLR
+ b __armv4_mmu_cache_on
+
__arm926ejs_mmu_cache_on:
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_DCACHE_WRITETHROUGH
mov r0, #4 @ put dcache in WT mode
@@ -694,6 +703,9 @@ __armv7_mmu_cache_on:
bic r0, r0, #1 << 28 @ clear SCTLR.TRE
orr r0, r0, #0x5000 @ I-cache enable, RR cache replacement
orr r0, r0, #0x003c @ write buffer
+ bic r0, r0, #2 @ A (no unaligned access fault)
+ orr r0, r0, #1 << 22 @ U (v6 unaligned access model)
+ @ (needed for ARM1176)
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8
orr r0, r0, #1 << 25 @ big-endian page tables
@@ -914,7 +926,7 @@ proc_types:
.word 0x0007b000 @ ARMv6
.word 0x000ff000
- W(b) __armv4_mmu_cache_on
+ W(b) __armv6_mmu_cache_on
W(b) __armv4_mmu_cache_off
W(b) __armv6_mmu_cache_flush
--
1.7.4.1
next reply other threads:[~2012-11-06 12:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-06 12:41 Dave Martin [this message]
2012-11-20 14:49 ` [PATCH] ARM: decompressor: Enable unaligned memory access for v6 and above Dave Martin
2012-11-20 14:59 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
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