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From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>
To: Carsten Langgaard <carstenl@mips.com>
Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>,
	linux-mips@fnet.fr, linux-mips@oss.sgi.com,
	binutils@sources.redhat.com
Subject: PATCH: Update E_MIP_ARCH_XXX (Re: [patch] linux: RFC: elf_check_arch() rework)
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 08:26:10 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020725082610.A21614@lucon.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D3FFD21.8DA26337@mips.com>; from carstenl@mips.com on Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 03:29:12PM +0200

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I'd like to fix binutils ASAP. Here is a patch.


On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 03:29:12PM +0200, Carsten Langgaard wrote:
> "Maciej W. Rozycki" wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Carsten Langgaard wrote:
> >
> > > We at MIPS are in the process of making an ABI spec for all this, which
> > > is the intention that should be used by the tool-vendors.  So please
> > > don't change the ELF header defines.
> >
> >  It'd be better the spec matched the real world...
> 
> Shouldn't it be the other way around, the real world should follow the spec
> ;-)
> The whole ELF header definition is just one big mess, because we are lacking
> a proper ABI spec.
> That's what has motivated us, to begin making this ABI spec.
> 
> We have defined the e_flags this way:
> 
> /* ELF header e_flags defines. MIPS architecture level. */
> #define EF_MIPS_ARCH_1      0x00000000  /* -mips1 code.  */
> #define EF_MIPS_ARCH_2      0x10000000  /* -mips2 code.  */
> #define EF_MIPS_ARCH_3      0x20000000  /* -mips3 code.  */
> #define EF_MIPS_ARCH_4      0x30000000  /* -mips4 code.  */
> #define EF_MIPS_ARCH_5      0x40000000  /* -mips5 code.  */
> #define EF_MIPS_ARCH_32     0x60000000  /* MIPS32 code.  */
> #define EF_MIPS_ARCH_64     0x70000000  /* MIPS64 code.  */
> #define EF_MIPS_ARCH_32R2   0x80000000  /* MIPS32 code.  */
> #define EF_MIPS_ARCH_64R2   0x90000000  /* MIPS64 code.  */
> 
> The missing value 0x50000000, is because IRIX has defined a EF_MIPS_ARCH_6
> and Algorithmics has a E_MIPS_ARCH_ALGOR_32, which has this value.
> If you look at the elf.h file in glibc, the you will see, it has the same
> values as the kernel.
> 
> So I would prefer we fix that in binutils, I guess it not a problem as long
> as you don't have a toolchain that can generate MIPS32 or MIPS64 code.
> 
> 
> >
> > > I don't see that is wrong with checking the ISA level, I rather have an
> > > error telling me that I can't execute a certain ISA level than
> > > eventually getting a reserved instruction or something worse like
> > > something unpredictable.
> >
> >  Well, -ENOEXEC in not any more useful than SIGILL -- with the latter you
> > have at least an idea what happened.  The ISA check is not implemented for
> > any Linux port, so there no suitable hook in binfmt_*.c files.  You might
> > propose an implementation if that's particularly important for you.
> >
> 
> I would like a message telling me that I can't run this ISA level on the
> system.
> Imagined what would happen, if you execute mips3 code and execute ld/sd
> instructions on a mips32 kernel (but on a 64-bit processor), the kernel only
> save half the register and then everything could happen.
> 
> 
> >
> > > You are obviously right about the elf_check_arch in the 64-bit part of
> > > the kernel is broken.  It's probably just be copied from the 32-bit part
> > > without changes, like a lot of the code in the 64-bit kernel is.
> >
> >  Possibly, but it still makes me wonder why it wasn't adjusted at the time
> > binfmt_elf32.c was created...
> >
> >   Maciej
> >
> > --
> > +  Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland   +
> > +--------------------------------------------------------------+
> > +        e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available        +
> 
> --
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> 

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2002-07-25  H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>

	* mips.h (E_MIPS_ARCH_6): New.
	(E_MIPS_ARCH_ALGOR_32): New.
	(E_MIPS_ARCH_32): Changed.
	(E_MIPS_ARCH_64): Changed.
	(E_MIPS_ARCH_32R2): New.
	(E_MIPS_ARCH_64R2): New.

--- include/elf/mips.h.mips	Fri Sep  7 15:43:58 2001
+++ include/elf/mips.h	Thu Jul 25 08:21:10 2002
@@ -139,11 +139,23 @@ END_RELOC_NUMBERS (R_MIPS_maxext)
 /* -mips5 code.  */
 #define E_MIPS_ARCH_5           0x40000000
 
+/* Used by IRIX.  */
+#define E_MIPS_ARCH_6           0x50000000
+
+/* Used by Algorithmics.  */
+#define E_MIPS_ARCH_ALGOR_32    0x50000000
+
 /* -mips32 code.  */
-#define E_MIPS_ARCH_32          0x50000000
+#define E_MIPS_ARCH_32          0x60000000
 
 /* -mips64 code.  */
-#define E_MIPS_ARCH_64          0x60000000
+#define E_MIPS_ARCH_64          0x70000000
+
+/* MIPS32 code.  */
+#define E_MIPS_ARCH_32R2        0x80000000
+
+/* MIPS64 code.  */
+#define E_MIPS_ARCH_64R2        0x90000000
 
 /* The ABI of the file.  Also see EF_MIPS_ABI2 above. */
 #define EF_MIPS_ABI		0x0000F000

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-07-25 15:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-07-24 17:05 [patch] linux: RFC: elf_check_arch() rework Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-07-24 18:08 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-07-24 19:12 ` Carsten Langgaard
2002-07-24 19:31   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-07-25 11:10   ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-07-25 13:29     ` Carsten Langgaard
2002-07-25 14:12       ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-07-25 15:26       ` H. J. Lu [this message]
     [not found]         ` <mailpost.1027610779.9546@news-sj1-1>
2002-07-25 17:49           ` PATCH: Update E_MIP_ARCH_XXX (Re: [patch] linux: RFC: elf_check_arch() rework) cgd
2002-07-25 18:50           ` David Anderson
2002-07-26 16:53           ` cgd
2002-07-26 17:12             ` Paul Koning
2002-07-29  7:47             ` PATCH: Update E_MIP_ARCH_XXX (Re: [patch] linux: RFC:elf_check_arch() rework) Carsten Langgaard
2002-07-29  7:47               ` Carsten Langgaard
2002-07-30 14:09               ` Dan Temple
2002-07-30 14:09                 ` Dan Temple
2002-07-30 15:07                 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
     [not found]                 ` <mailpost.1028038253.3155@news-sj1-1>
2002-07-30 19:20                   ` PATCH: Update E_MIP_ARCH_XXX (Re: [patch] linux: RFC: elf_check_arch() rework) cgd
2002-07-30 19:26                     ` Geoff Keating
2002-07-30 19:27                     ` cgd
2002-07-30 20:03                       ` Eric Christopher

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