[RFC] ARM: kernel: irq: Simplify allocation of stack frame

From: Joel Fernandes
Date: Sun Oct 06 2013 - 18:32:32 EST


On receiving IRQ exception in SVC mode, all the SVC mode registers are saved
onto the stack very early on.

The stack frame allocation code for IRQ entry during SVC mode (svc_entry) is
hard to read as 4-less is allocated initially only to be allocated later
implicity using the mov r3, [sp, #-4]! instruction. We make code easier to read
by allocating the 4 bytes on the stack frame in the beginning itself and remove
all instances where 4 bytes is adjusted.

Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelf@xxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index 9cbe70c..fc5ac2a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ ENDPROC(__und_invalid)
.macro svc_entry, stack_hole=0
UNWIND(.fnstart )
UNWIND(.save {r0 - pc} )
- sub sp, sp, #(S_FRAME_SIZE + \stack_hole - 4)
+ sub sp, sp, #(S_FRAME_SIZE + \stack_hole)
#ifdef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
SPFIX( str r0, [sp] ) @ temporarily saved
SPFIX( mov r0, sp )
@@ -159,14 +159,14 @@ ENDPROC(__und_invalid)
SPFIX( tst sp, #4 )
#endif
SPFIX( subeq sp, sp, #4 )
- stmia sp, {r1 - r12}
+ stmia sp, {r0 - r12}

ldmia r0, {r3 - r5}
- add r7, sp, #S_SP - 4 @ here for interlock avoidance
+ add r7, sp, #S_SP @ here for interlock avoidance
mov r6, #-1 @ "" "" "" ""
- add r2, sp, #(S_FRAME_SIZE + \stack_hole - 4)
+ add r2, sp, #(S_FRAME_SIZE + \stack_hole)
SPFIX( addeq r2, r2, #4 )
- str r3, [sp, #-4]! @ save the "real" r0 copied
+ str r3, [sp] @ save the "real" r0 copied
@ from the exception stack

mov r3, lr
--
1.8.1.2

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