Re: [PATCH v2 03/31] arm64: Exception handling

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Thu Aug 16 2012 - 08:38:29 EST


On Thursday 16 August 2012, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 02:03:47PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Tuesday 14 August 2012, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> >
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_AARCH32_EMULATION
> > > +#define compat_thumb_mode(regs) \
> > > + (((regs)->pstate & COMPAT_PSR_T_BIT))
> > > +#else
> > > +#define compat_thumb_mode(regs) (0)
> > > +#endif
> >
> > The symbol we use on other platforms is CONFIG_COMPAT. I don't think you
> > need to have a separate CONFIG_AARCH32_EMULATION
>
> Using COMPAT does preclude the possibility of doing something like the x32
> ABI later on though. Some other architectures seem to do something similar
> (MIPS32_COMPAT, IA32_EMULATION).

Ok, fair enough.

Arnd

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