[PATCH 04/26 v6] mips: start.S: avoid overwriting outside gd when clearing global data in stack

Stefan Roese
2020-04-08T08:09:20Z

When setting up initial stack, global data will also be put in the stack,
and being cleared.

The assembler instructions for clearing gd is as follows:

move t0, k0
1:
PTR_S zero, 0(t0)
blt t0, t1, 1b
PTR_ADDIU t0, PTRSIZE

t0 is the start address of gd, t1 is the end address of gd (t0 + GD_SIZE).

[PTR_ADDIU t0, PTRSIZE] is in the delay slot of [blt t0, t1, 1b], so it
will be executed before the branch operation.

However the comparison for the BLT instruction is done before executing the
delay slot. This means when the last word just before k1 is cleared, the
loop will continue to run once. This will clear an extra word at k1, which
is outside the global data.

Global data is placed at the top of the stack. If the initial stack is a
SRAM or locked cache, the area outside them may be inaccessible. A write
operation performed in this area may cause an exception.

To solve this, [PTR_ADDIU t0, PTRSIZE] should be placed before the BLT
instruction.

Reviewed-by: Daniel Schwierzeck <daniel.schwierzeck@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>
Signed-off-by: Weijie Gao <weijie.gao@mediatek.com>
---
Changes since v3: none

arch/mips/cpu/start.S | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/start.S b/arch/mips/cpu/start.S
index f9805fa000..dd93df9e4a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/mips/cpu/start.S
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@
move t0, k0
1:
PTR_S zero, 0(t0)
+ PTR_ADDIU t0, PTRSIZE
blt t0, t1, 1b
- PTR_ADDIU t0, PTRSIZE
+ nop

#if CONFIG_VAL(SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN)
PTR_S sp, GD_MALLOC_BASE(k0) # gd->malloc_base offset
--
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