Re: [PATCH V2] ARM: SWP emulation: Restore original *data when failed

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Tue Dec 08 2015 - 05:44:34 EST


On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 10:22:53AM +0000, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
> On 15/10/15 10:30, 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
> > causes the result is wrong.
> > This patch is to fix this issue. When STREX succeed, change the *data.
> > if it fail, *data is not changed.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c | 6 +++---
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c b/arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c
> > index 5b26e7e..c3fe769d 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/swp_emulate.c
> > @@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
> > */
> > #define __user_swpX_asm(data, addr, res, temp, B) \
> > __asm__ __volatile__( \
> > - " mov %2, %1\n" \
> > - "0: ldrex"B" %1, [%3]\n" \
> > - "1: strex"B" %0, %2, [%3]\n" \
> > + "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" \
> > "2:\n" \
> > " .section .text.fixup,\"ax\"\n" \
> >
>
> I wonder what is status of this patch? I see that arm64 counterpart has
> landed in mainline, but I didn't manage to track down this one - is it
> because it never been submitted to patch system?

Most probably.

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