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From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] arm64: Add support for hooks to handle undefined instructions
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:51:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140827165159.GD17601@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140827164714.GF13850@arm.com>

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 05:47:14PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 03:30:11PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 03:21:09PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > > You need this patch in order to be able to return from an undef
> > > exception taken in EL1:
> > > 
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> > > @@ -287,7 +287,9 @@ el1_undef:
> > >          */
> > >         enable_dbg
> > >         mov     x0, sp
> > > -       b       do_undefinstr
> > > +       bl      do_undefinstr
> > > +
> > > +       kernel_exit 1
> > >  el1_dbg:
> > >         /*
> > >          * Debug exception handling
> > 
> > Hmm, I'm surprised we don't already need something like this for KGDB...
> 
> We don't expect undef exceptions at EL1, so far they are fatal as we
> don't have any hooks for them. Doesn't KGDB use dedicated breakpoint
> instructions?

Ah yeah, we use magic immediates in the BRK instruction. I was getting
confused with arch/arm/, where we actually use an undefined encoding for
the same thing. That explains why things appear to be working!

Will

  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-27 16:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-26 10:28 [PATCH 0/6] Legacy instruction emulation for arm64 Punit Agrawal
2014-08-26 10:28 ` [PATCH 1/6] arm: Fix in-correct barrier usage in SWP{B} emulation Punit Agrawal
2014-08-26 13:04   ` Will Deacon
2014-08-27 16:40   ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-27 17:05     ` Punit Agrawal
2014-08-26 10:28 ` [PATCH 2/6] arm64: Create arch debugfs directory Punit Agrawal
2014-08-26 10:28 ` [PATCH 3/6] arm64: Add support for hooks to handle undefined instructions Punit Agrawal
2014-08-26 13:13   ` Will Deacon
2014-08-26 14:21     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2014-08-26 14:30       ` Will Deacon
2014-08-27 16:47         ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-27 16:51           ` Will Deacon [this message]
2014-08-26 14:56     ` Punit Agrawal
2014-08-26 18:14       ` Will Deacon
2014-08-27 16:58       ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-26 10:28 ` [PATCH 4/6] arm64: Add AArch32 instruction set condition code checks Punit Agrawal
2014-08-26 10:28 ` [PATCH 5/6] arm64: Port SWP/SWPB emulation support from arm Punit Agrawal
2014-08-26 11:32   ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-08-26 12:25     ` Will Deacon
2014-08-26 13:26       ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-08-26 13:56         ` Will Deacon
2014-08-27 17:35           ` Punit Agrawal
2014-08-27 18:30             ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-08-28 10:21               ` Punit Agrawal
2014-08-27 17:29   ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-26 10:28 ` [PATCH 6/6] arm64: Emulate CP15 Barrier instructions Punit Agrawal
2014-08-26 13:16   ` Will Deacon
2014-08-27 17:40   ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-28  9:34     ` Punit Agrawal
2014-08-28  9:42       ` Catalin Marinas

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