[RFC PATCH] arm: asm/cmpxchg.h: Add support half-word xchg()

Pranith Kumar
2015-02-25T16:11:28Z

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 February 2015 10:36:20 Pranith Kumar wrote:
>> This patch adds support for a half-word xchg() for ARM using ldrexh/strexh
>> instructions. It also fixes an asm comment for __cmpxchg2.
>>
>> Currently using a half-word xchg() results in the following splat on an ARMv7
>> machine.
>>
>> [ 45.833303] xchg: bad data size: pc 0xbe806020, ptr 0xeb18deee, size 2
>> [ 45.833324] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [ 45.837939] kernel BUG at /dvs/git/dirty/git-master_linux/kernel/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:727!
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com>
>
> Unfortunately, the BUG message seems incomplete, can you reproduce this
> with CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE enabled?

The bug here is in a module caused when xchg() was used on uint16_t
variable. It is caused by the __bad_xchg() for 2 byte swap.

More information:
[ 45.833303] xchg: bad data size: pc 0xbe806020, ptr 0xeb18deee, size 2
[ 45.833324] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 45.837939] kernel BUG at
/dvs/git/dirty/git-master_linux/kernel/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c:727!
[ 45.846450] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM
[ 45.852275] Modules linked in: test(O+) nvhost_vi
[ 45.857012] CPU: 0 PID: 1848 Comm: insmod Tainted: G O
3.10.24-g6a2d13a #1
[ 45.864744] task: ee406580 ti: eb18c000 task.ti: eb18c000
[ 45.870141] PC is at __bad_xchg+0x24/0x28
[ 45.874146] LR is at __bad_xchg+0x24/0x28

>
>> arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
>> index abb2c37..9505cca 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
>> @@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ static inline unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void *ptr, int size
>> : "r" (x), "r" (ptr)
>> : "memory", "cc");
>> break;
>> + case 2:
>> + asm volatile("@ __xchg2\n"
>> + "1: ldrexh %0, [%3]\n"
>> + " strexh %1, %2, [%3]\n"
>> + " teq %1, #0\n"
>> + " bne 1b"
>> + : "=&r" (ret), "=&r" (tmp)
>> + : "r" (x), "r" (ptr)
>> + : "memory", "cc");
>> + break;
>> case 4:
>> asm volatile("@ __xchg4\n"
>> "1: ldrex %0, [%3]\n"
>
> Does this work on all ARMv6 or just ARMv6k?
>

ldrexh/strexh is being used in cmpxchg() in the same file in a similar
manner, and the comment there says that it works for all ARCH >=
ARMv6k, so not ARMv6 I guess.

--
Pranith