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

From: Chen Gang
Date: Thu Apr 25 2013 - 21:19:28 EST


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
>
> ...
>
>

Such as the fix below, is it OK (just like 0x300 or 0x200 has done) ?

Please check, thanks.

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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)

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Chen Gang

Asianux Corporation
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