Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] ARM: correct secondary_startup_arm mode

From: Matthias Brugger
Date: Sat May 16 2015 - 05:08:44 EST


2015-05-16 9:58 GMT+02:00 Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> secondary_startup_arm is used as ARM mode secondary start up function
> when ther kernel is compiled in THUMB mode, however the label itself
> is still in .thumb mode. readelf shows:
>
> 160979: c020a581 120 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 2 secondary_startup_arm
>
> Make sure the label is in ARM mode as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/kernel/head.S | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> index 3637973..58ee8a2 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> @@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ __turn_mmu_on_loc:
>
> #if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
> .text
> -ENTRY(secondary_startup_arm)
> .arm
> +ENTRY(secondary_startup_arm)
> THUMB( adr r9, BSYM(1f) ) @ Kernel is entered in ARM.
> THUMB( bx r9 ) @ If this is a Thumb-2 kernel,
> THUMB( .thumb ) @ switch to Thumb now.

This fixes and issue we had with SMP on mt6589.

Tested-by: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxx>


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