Re: [PATCH v2] PowerPC: kernel: compiling issue, make additionalroom in exception vector area

From: Chen Gang
Date: Thu Apr 25 2013 - 21:37:29 EST


On 2013年04月26日 09:18, Chen Gang wrote:
> On 2013年04月26日 09:06, Chen Gang wrote:
>>> CFAR is the Come From Register. It saves the location of the last
>>>> branch and is hence overwritten by any branch.
>>>>
>> Do we process it just like others done (e.g. 0x300, 0xe00, 0xe20 ...) ?
>> . = 0x900
>> .globl decrementer_pSeries
>> decrementer_pSeries:
>> HMT_MEDIUM_PPR_DISCARD
>> SET_SCRATCH0(r13)
>> b decrementer_pSeries_0
>>
>> ...
>>
>>

Oh, it seems EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1 will save the regesters which related
with CFAR, so I think need move EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1 to near 0x900.

---------------------------------diff v2 begin-----------------------------

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index e789ee7..f0489c4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -254,7 +254,15 @@ hardware_interrupt_hv:
STD_EXCEPTION_PSERIES(0x800, 0x800, fp_unavailable)
KVM_HANDLER_PR(PACA_EXGEN, EXC_STD, 0x800)

- MASKABLE_EXCEPTION_PSERIES(0x900, 0x900, decrementer)
+ . = 0x900
+ .globl decrementer_pSeries
+decrementer_pSeries:
+ HMT_MEDIUM_PPR_DISCARD
+ SET_SCRATCH0(r13) /* save r13 */
+ EXCEPTION_PROLOG_0(PACA_EXGEN)
+ EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1(PACA_EXGEN, SOFTEN_TEST_PR, 0x900)
+ b decrementer_pSeries_0
+
STD_EXCEPTION_HV(0x980, 0x982, hdecrementer)

MASKABLE_EXCEPTION_PSERIES(0xa00, 0xa00, doorbell_super)
@@ -536,6 +544,11 @@ ALT_FTR_SECTION_END_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_ARCH_206)
#endif

.align 7
+ /* moved from 0x900 */
+decrementer_pSeries_0:
+ EXCEPTION_PROLOG_PSERIES_1(decrementer_common, EXC_STD)
+
+ .align 7
/* moved from 0xe00 */
STD_EXCEPTION_HV_OOL(0xe02, h_data_storage)
KVM_HANDLER_SKIP(PACA_EXGEN, EXC_HV, 0xe02)


---------------------------------diff v2 end-------------------------------


>
> Such as the fix below, is it OK (just like 0x300 or 0x200 has done) ?
>
> Please check, thanks.
>
> ---------------------------diff begin-------------------------------------
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
> index e789ee7..a0a5ff2 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
> @@ -254,7 +254,14 @@ hardware_interrupt_hv:
> STD_EXCEPTION_PSERIES(0x800, 0x800, fp_unavailable)
> KVM_HANDLER_PR(PACA_EXGEN, EXC_STD, 0x800)
>
> - MASKABLE_EXCEPTION_PSERIES(0x900, 0x900, decrementer)
> + . = 0x900
> + .globl decrementer_pSeries
> +decrementer_pSeries:
> + HMT_MEDIUM_PPR_DISCARD
> + SET_SCRATCH0(r13) /* save r13 */
> + EXCEPTION_PROLOG_0(PACA_EXGEN)
> + b decrementer_pSeries_0
> +
> STD_EXCEPTION_HV(0x980, 0x982, hdecrementer)
>
> MASKABLE_EXCEPTION_PSERIES(0xa00, 0xa00, doorbell_super)
> @@ -536,6 +543,12 @@ ALT_FTR_SECTION_END_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_ARCH_206)
> #endif
>
> .align 7
> + /* moved from 0x900 */
> +decrementer_pSeries_0:
> + EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1(PACA_EXGEN, SOFTEN_TEST_PR, 0x900)
> + EXCEPTION_PROLOG_PSERIES_1(decrementer_common, EXC_STD)
> +
> + .align 7
> /* moved from 0xe00 */
> STD_EXCEPTION_HV_OOL(0xe02, h_data_storage)
> KVM_HANDLER_SKIP(PACA_EXGEN, EXC_HV, 0xe02)
>
> ---------------------------diff end---------------------------------------
>


--
Chen Gang

Asianux Corporation
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