From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: yalin.wang2010@gmail.com (yalin wang) Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 10:46:23 +0800 Subject: [RFC] arm:consider THUMB and BE endian kernel build Message-ID: <5559527F.9090300@gmail.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org this patch fix the function in kernel_thread(), when kernel is build as THUMB2 or BE8 endian, we should also set the correct bit in CPSR, so that kernel can return to the correct state to execute. --- arch/arm/kernel/process.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c index f192a2a..9a7ab32 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c @@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start, thread->cpu_context.r4 = stk_sz; thread->cpu_context.r5 = stack_start; childregs->ARM_cpsr = SVC_MODE; +#ifdef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL + childregs->ARM_cpsr |= PSR_T_BIT; +#endif +#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8 + childregs->ARM_cpsr |= PSR_E_BIT; +#endif } thread->cpu_context.pc = (unsigned long)ret_from_fork; thread->cpu_context.sp = (unsigned long)childregs; -- 1.9.1