From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:19:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web7903.mail.in.yahoo.com ([202.86.4.79]:10942 "HELO web7903.mail.in.yahoo.com") by ftp.linux-mips.org with SMTP id S20037794AbXBVJTu (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:19:50 +0000 Received: (qmail 34443 invoked by uid 60001); 22 Feb 2007 09:18:44 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.co.in; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=2bNMHyJH7qp38wz5WBPjMZuggn4Bi69QhuRVeEzPnQDVCl259Q1TCIJPZfCwafO68Rjc5smH+njOk12jAxzbq8c1pLj3pygpOjZ5sHHHQFyLW+n9vIj8nN409u063zuMetQcszHDcxYHEhoYI83bV6GWDqqCkPaxHB1hgXg9mKo=; X-YMail-OSG: ferJ.F0VM1k6WKUtSXTi1LluqKtceHsN.tFBDlS_WB6NMp9PW9zPw5jsR.2yKxinLfyE6oOOf5GvxTqe.1HBtUMlxA4hEpfmhBVlMOoqSEjnnu57p.LRux_8ANfVFzsFYOMvDwfHtYAkxsuBVf43io6SDg-- Received: from [61.246.223.98] by web7903.mail.in.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:18:44 GMT Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:18:44 +0000 (GMT) From: sathesh babu Subject: Re: unaligned access To: Rajat Jain Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1274502747-1172135924=:32924" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <80178.32924.qm@web7903.mail.in.yahoo.com> Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 14195 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: sathesh_edara2003@yahoo.co.in Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips --0-1274502747-1172135924=:32924 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Thanks Rajan. In case of arm processor, the alignment trap behavior can be changed by simply echo a number into /proc/sys/debug/alignment bit behavior when set --- ----------------- 0 A user process performing an unaligned memory access will cause the kernel to print a message indicating process name, pid, pc, instruction, address, and the fault code. 1 The kernel will attempt to fix up the user process performing the unaligned access. This is of course slow (think about the floating point emulator) and not recommended for production use. 2 The kernel will send a SIGBUS signal to the user process performing the unaligned access. I would like to know Is there similar type of implimentation avalilable for MIPS processor in linux-2.6.12 kernel to view or log the unaligned access addresses and corresponding processor ID. Regards, Sathesh Rajat Jain wrote: On 2/22/07, sathesh babu wrote: > Hi, > I have ported linux-2.6.12 kernel on MIPS processor.I would like to > print the warning messges whenenver kernel or user code try to access > unaligned address ( including proceor ID ). > Is there any configuration option avaliable in the kernel to view > the unaligned address? Ummm ... not sure about MIPS, but in i386, exception 17 is raised for every unaligned access. alignment_check() is invoked for every such access. Regards, Rajat --------------------------------- Here’s a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers --0-1274502747-1172135924=:32924 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Thanks Rajan.
 
In case of arm processor, the alignment trap behavior can be changed by simply echo a number into  /proc/sys/debug/alignment 
 
bit             behavior when set
---             -----------------
0               A user process performing an unaligned memory access
                will cause the kernel to print a message indicating
                process name, pid, pc, instruction, address, and the
                fault code.
1               The kernel will attempt to fix up the user process
                performing the unaligned access.  This is of course
                slow (think about the floating point emulator) and
                not recommended for production use.
2               The kernel will send a SIGBUS signal to the user process
                performing the unaligned access.

I would like to know  Is there similar type of implimentation avalilable for MIPS processor in linux-2.6.12 kernel to view or log the unaligned access addresses and corresponding processor ID.
 
Regards,
Sathesh
 

Rajat Jain <rajat.noida.india@gmail.com> wrote:
On 2/22/07, sathesh babu wrote:
> Hi,
> I have ported linux-2.6.12 kernel on MIPS processor.I would like to
> print the warning messges whenenver kernel or user code try to access
> unaligned address ( including proceor ID ).
> Is there any configuration option avaliable in the kernel to view
> the unaligned address?

Ummm ... not sure about MIPS, but in i386, exception 17 is raised for
every unaligned access. alignment_check() is invoked for every such
access.

Regards,

Rajat


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