[PATCH v3] Make instruction dumping work in real mode.

Sergei Shtylyov sshtylyov at ru.mvista.com
Fri Sep 28 04:09:26 EST 2007


Hello.

Scott Wood wrote:

> On non-book-E-or-4xx, exceptions execute in real mode.  If a fault happens
> that leads to a register dump, the kernel currently prints XXXXXXXX because
> it doesn't realize that PC is a physical address.

> This patch checks the state of the IMMU, and if necessary converts PC into a
> virtual address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <scottwood at freescale.com>
> ---
> Resent with 40x->44x.
> 
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c |    8 ++++++++
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
> index 57c589c..6dbde7f 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
> @@ -354,6 +354,14 @@ static void show_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  		if (!(i % 8))
>  			printk("\n");
>  
> +#if !defined(CONFIG_BOOKE) && !defined(CONFIG_44x)

     Doesn't CONFIG_44x select CONFIG_BOOKE? Maybe you meant CONFIG_40x?

> +		/* If executing with the IMMU off, adjust pc rather
> +		 * than print XXXXXXXX.
> +		 */
> +		if (!(regs->msr & MSR_IR))
> +			pc = (unsigned long)phys_to_virt(pc);
> +#endif
> +
>  		/* We use __get_user here *only* to avoid an OOPS on a
>  		 * bad address because the pc *should* only be a
>  		 * kernel address.

WBR, Sergei



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