Re: [PATCH] ARM: SWP emulation: Restore original *data when failed

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Thu Oct 15 2015 - 04:57:23 EST


On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 04:36:31PM +0800, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 09:24:17AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 10:51:17AM +0800, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> > > __user_swpX_asm maybe failed in first STREX operation, emulate_swpX
> > > will try again, but the *data has been changed in first time. which
> > > cause the result is wrong. So need to recover the *data when failed.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c | 1 +
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c b/arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c
> > > index 5b26e7e..c61fbf92 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c
> > > @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
> > > "1: strex"B" %0, %2, [%3]\n" \
> > > " cmp %0, #0\n" \
> > > " movne %0, %4\n" \
> > > + " movne %1, %2\n" \
> > > "2:\n" \
> > > " .section .text.fixup,\"ax\"\n" \
> > > " .align 2\n" \
> >
> > I think I'd prefer this to be:
> >
> > __asm__ __volatile__( \
> > "0: ldrex"B" %2, [%3]\n" \
> > "1: strex"B" %0, %1, [%3]\n" \
> > " cmp %0, #0\n" \
> > " moveq %1, %2\n" \
> > " movne %0, %4\n" \
> >
> > so that we're not loading into %1 (an in-out non-temporary) but rather
> > loading it into a temporary - and only overwriting the saved register
> > value if the swap succeeds.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> I am ok with your change. Need I send another patch for this change? or will
> you send it by yourself?

Please send a new patch, thanks.

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