From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk (Ben Dooks) Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:49:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ARM: kdgb: use .inst for data to be assembled as intruction In-Reply-To: <1374763778-5305-1-git-send-email-ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk> References: <1374763778-5305-1-git-send-email-ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk> Message-ID: <1374763778-5305-2-git-send-email-ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org The arch_kgdb_breakpoint() function uses an inline assembly directive to assemble a specific instruction using .word. This means the linker will not treat is as an instruction, and therefore incorrectly swap the endian-ness if running BE8. Note, not tested, please comment if this is wrong. Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks --- arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h index 48066ce..76227c8 100644 --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static inline void arch_kgdb_breakpoint(void) { - asm(".word 0xe7ffdeff"); + asm(".inst 0xe7ffdeff"); } extern void kgdb_handle_bus_error(void); -- 1.7.10.4