[PATCH 14/33] powerpc: Fix kernel thread creation on ABIv2
Anton Blanchard
anton at samba.org
Tue Mar 25 22:44:20 EST 2014
Change how we setup registers for ret_from_kernel_thread. In
ABIv1, instead of passing a function descriptor in, dereference
it and pass the target in directly.
Use ppc_global_function_entry to get it right on both ABIv1 and ABIv2.
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton at samba.org>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S | 4 +++-
arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 17 +++++------------
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index d23d752..cf4f6e6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -378,9 +378,11 @@ _GLOBAL(ret_from_fork)
_GLOBAL(ret_from_kernel_thread)
bl schedule_tail
REST_NVGPRS(r1)
- ld r14, 0(r14)
mtlr r14
mr r3,r15
+#if defined(_CALL_ELF) && _CALL_ELF == 2
+ mr r12,r14
+#endif
blrl
li r3,0
b syscall_exit
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index af064d2..4fcb298 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
#include <asm/firmware.h>
#endif
+#include <asm/code-patching.h>
#include <linux/kprobes.h>
#include <linux/kdebug.h>
@@ -1086,7 +1087,9 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
struct thread_info *ti = (void *)task_stack_page(p);
memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
childregs->gpr[1] = sp + sizeof(struct pt_regs);
- childregs->gpr[14] = usp; /* function */
+ /* function */
+ if (usp)
+ childregs->gpr[14] = ppc_function_entry((void *)usp);
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_32BIT);
childregs->softe = 1;
@@ -1165,17 +1168,7 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR))
p->thread.ppr = INIT_PPR;
#endif
- /*
- * The PPC64 ABI makes use of a TOC to contain function
- * pointers. The function (ret_from_except) is actually a pointer
- * to the TOC entry. The first entry is a pointer to the actual
- * function.
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
- kregs->nip = *((unsigned long *)f);
-#else
- kregs->nip = (unsigned long)f;
-#endif
+ kregs->nip = ppc_function_entry(f);
return 0;
}
--
1.8.3.2
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