[RFC2 PATCH v6 00/19] ILP32 for ARM64

Zhangjian (Bamvor)
2015-11-18T08:00:26Z

Hi, Yury

Glad to see the new version of ilp32. Here is some general questions:

On 2015/11/18 5:16, Yury Norov wrote:
> ------8<-----
> Colleagues, I'm gonna to send it to list.
> Please, take a look.
> ------8<-----
>
> This is still RFC because ~20 tests still fail,
> and because it's based on 4.3 kernel version, and
> some work is needed to rebase on 4.4. I'd preffer
> to do it later.
>
> v3: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/9/3/704
> v4: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/4/13/691
> v5: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/29/911
>
> v6:
> - time_t, __kenel_off_t and other types turned to be 32-bit
> for compatibility reasons (after v5 discussion);
Is there any performance comparison between v6 and v5, especially for
these changes? Compatibility is important for us, meanwhile we need to
take performance into account.
> - related changes applied to ILP32 syscall table and handlers;
> - ILP32 VDSO code excluded. It's not mandatory, and caused questions
> during review process. We definitely make sure we will follow up
> with a VDSO later on because it is needed for performance reasons;
> - fixed build issues with different combinations of AARCH32 / ILP32
> enabling in config;
> - ILP32 TLS bug fixed;
> - entry32-common.S introduced to hold wrappers needed for both ILP32
> and AARCH32_EL0;
> - documentation updated according to latest changes;
> - rebased to the current head;
> - coding style re-checked;
> - ILP32 syscall table turned around.
>
> Testing is performed using LTP with scenario 'ltplite'.
> Tested on QEMU + vanilla defconfig kernel.
Do you tested on both big endian and little endian?

Regards

Bamvor
> Regressions are mostly related to core dump genereation,
> readdir(), and futex(). Some tests fail both in ILP32, and LP64.
>
> The full regression table is:
> ILP32 LP64
>
> float_bessel FAIL 134 PASSED 0
> float_exp_log FAIL 134 PASSED 0
> float_iperb FAIL 134 PASSED 0
> float_power FAIL 134 PASSED 0
> float_trigo FAIL 134 PASSED 0
> abort01 FAIL 2 FAIL 2
> fcntl14 FAIL 2 FAIL 2
> kill11 FAIL 2 FAIL 2
> mmap16 FAIL 6 PASSED 0
> open12 FAIL 2 PASSED 0
> pause01 PASSED 0 FAIL 9
> pipe07 FAIL 2 PASSED 0
> readdir01 FAIL 1 PASSED 0
> rename11 FAIL 2 PASSED 0
> rmdir02 FAIL 2 PASSED 0
> setregid02 FAIL 1 FAIL 1
> settimeofday01 FAIL 1 FAIL 1
> umount2_01 FAIL 2 PASSED 0
> umount2_02 FAIL 2 PASSED 0
> umount2_03 FAIL 2 PASSED 0
> utime06 FAIL 2 PASSED 0
>
> Kernel with this patchset, and corresponding
> version of glibc is here:
> https://github.com/norov/
>
> Andrew Pinski (14):
> arm64: ensure the kernel is compiled for LP64
> arm64: rename COMPAT to AARCH32_EL0 in Kconfig
> arm64: change some CONFIG_COMPAT over to use CONFIG_AARCH32_EL0
> instead
> arm64:uapi: set __BITS_PER_LONG correctly for ILP32 and LP64
> arm64:ilp32: share signal structures between ILP32 and LP64 ABIs
> arm64: introduce is_a32_task and is_a32_thread (for AArch32 compat)
> arm64:ilp32: add is_ilp32_compat_{task,thread} and TIF_32BIT_AARCH64
> arm64:ilp32: share HWCAP between LP64 and ILP32
> arm64:ilp32 use the native LP64 'start_thread' for ILP32 threads
> arm64:ilp32: support core dump generation for ILP32
> ptrace: Allow compat to use the native siginfo
> arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate table (in entry.S) to use
> it
> arm64:ilp32: use the native siginfo instead of the compat siginfo
> arm64:ilp32: add ARM64_ILP32 to Kconfig
>
> Jan Dakinevich (2):
> ilp32: common 32-bit wrappers
> arm64: ilp32: force IPC_64 in msgctl, shmctl, semctl
>
> Philipp Tomsich (2):
> arm64:ilp32: add documentation on the ILP32 ABI for ARM64
> arm64:ilp32: change COMPAT_ELF_PLATFORM to report a a subplatform for
> ILP32
>
> Yury Norov (1):
> aarch64: ilp32: use generic stat64 structure
>
> Documentation/arm64/ilp32.txt | 47 +++++++
> arch/arm64/Kconfig | 12 ++
> arch/arm64/Makefile | 5 +
> arch/arm64/include/asm/compat.h | 70 +++++++++-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h | 105 ++++++++++++--
> arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h | 12 +-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h | 18 ++-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/signal32.h | 19 +++
> arch/arm64/include/asm/stat.h | 2 +
> arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h | 3 +-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h | 11 +-
> arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h | 9 +-
> arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/siginfo.h | 21 +++
> arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 31 +++++
> arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile | 4 +-
> arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 18 ++-
> arch/arm64/kernel/entry32-common.S | 37 +++++
> arch/arm64/kernel/entry32.S | 29 ----
> arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 7 +-
> arch/arm64/kernel/perf_regs.c | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 4 +-
> arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c | 47 ++++---
> arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c | 21 ++-
> arch/arm64/kernel/sys_ilp32.c | 223 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c | 4 +-
> arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c | 12 +-
> include/linux/compat.h | 4 +
> include/uapi/asm-generic/siginfo.h | 17 ++-
> include/uapi/asm-generic/signal.h | 27 +++-
> kernel/ptrace.c | 24 +++-
> 35 files changed, 745 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/arm64/ilp32.txt
> create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/entry32-common.S
> create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/sys_ilp32.c
>