[PATCH 03/14] ARM: fixup_pv_table bug when CPU_ENDIAN_BE8

Ben Dooks
2013-07-24T15:24:34Z

On 24/07/13 15:33, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:27:51AM +0100, Ben Dooks wrote:
>> The fixup_pv_table assumes that the instructions are in the same
>> endian configuration as the data, but when the CPU is running in
>> BE8 the instructions stay in little-endian format.
>>
>> Make sure if CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 is set that we do all the
>> alterations to the instructions taking in to account the LDR/STR
>> will be swapping the data endian-ness.
>>
>> Since the code is only modifying a byte, we avoid dual-swapping
>> the data, and just change the bits we clear and ORR in (in the
>> case where the code is not thumb2).
>>
>> For thumb2, we add the necessary rev16 instructions to ensure that
>> the instructions are processed in the correct format, as it was
>> easier than re-writing the code to contain a mask and shift.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks<ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk>
>> ---
>> arch/arm/kernel/head.S | 8 ++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
>> index 8bac553..e40c0b3b 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
>> @@ -584,8 +584,10 @@ __fixup_a_pv_table:
>> b 2f
>> 1: add r7, r3
>> ldrh ip, [r7, #2]
>> +ARM_BE8(rev16 ip, ip)
>> and ip, 0x8f00
>> orr ip, r6 @ mask in offset bits 31-24
>> +ARM_BE8(rev16 ip, ip)
>
> I'm not sure I follow you when you say this is easier than a mask and a
> shift? As far as I can tell, it's two extra instructions and makes the LE
> and BE cases look different.

I am not as familiar with THUMB2 as the ARM, so it was easier
to do this than see if there where any spare registers to hold the
mask and shift values, and use them.

>> strh ip, [r7, #2]
>> 2: cmp r4, r5
>> ldrcc r7, [r4], #4 @ use branch for delay slot
>> @@ -594,8 +596,14 @@ __fixup_a_pv_table:
>> #else
>> b 2f
>> 1: ldr ip, [r7, r3]
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8
>> + @ in BE8, we load data in BE, but instructions still in LE
>> + bic ip, ip, #0xff000000
>> + orr ip, ip, r6, lsl#24
>
> Pedantry: you could add a space between lsl and #24.
>
> Will

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