From: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH V2] i.MX28: Drop __naked function from spl_mem_init
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:09:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201203201009.43717.marex@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120320083929.94A98202A50@gemini.denx.de>
Dear Wolfgang Denk,
> Dear Stefano,
>
> In message <4F683862.4030709@denx.de> you wrote:
> > > + /* The following is "subs pc, r14, #4", used as return from DABT. */
> > > + const uint32_t data_abort_memdetect_handler = 0xe25ef004;
>
> ...
>
> > Are we maybe becoming warning addicted ? I know the reason for this (GCC
> > raises a warning "-fstack-usage not supported for this target"), you
> > have already asked the gcc people about this issue, and I do not have an
> > idea how to fix this warning in a different way as you did. This is a
> > sort of self-modifying code.
>
> In which way is this self-modifying code? I don't think so.
Because it rewrites piece of RAM, which is then called in the Data abort
context.
>
> > However, the original code is quite easy to understand - I cannot say
> > the same after the patch, we rely on the comment to understand something.
>
> That's what comments are made for :-)
>
> > Should we really fix such as warnings even if we generate some obscured
> > code ? Wolfgang, what do you think about ?
>
> Yes, we should fix warnings. If you run a MAKEALL and can be sure
> that any message printed is a new problem you will not miss it, and
> act as needed. If youy know that a build will pop up a number or
> warnings, it's all too easy to miss if there is a new one - and
> checking takes much more concentration. This is to be avoided.
>
> On the other hand, I agree that we should avoid obscure code as
> well. But then, to me the assembler code "subs pc, r14, #4" is
> already obscure enough - I have to admit that I don't really grok it,
> nor why this needs to be a __naked function.
What it does: return from abort mode back from where it was aborted, one
instruction further.
Why is it naked: Because you don't want to generate prelude etc. only the real
contents of the function. That gives exactly 4 bytes. And that's what is used to
rewrite the DABT handler.
>
> My understanding is that to avoid the warning we can either use this
> "pre-compiled constant instruction" trick, or we would have to create
> a new assembler source file for this single instruction function.
Or put it into start.S
>
> When Marek and I discussed this, the constant seemed to be the
> simplest approach (not the nicest, though).
Ack
>
> If you don't like it, then we I think we will end up with a new tiny
> assembler source file. Would that be preferred by you?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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2012-03-16 21:32 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH V2] i.MX28: Drop __naked function from spl_mem_init Marek Vasut
2012-03-20 7:57 ` Stefano Babic
2012-03-20 8:21 ` Marek Vasut
2012-03-20 8:39 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-03-20 9:09 ` Marek Vasut [this message]
2012-03-20 9:21 ` Stefano Babic
2012-03-20 17:38 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-03-20 9:17 ` Stefano Babic
2012-03-20 10:43 ` Stefano Babic
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