[PATCH 31/33] powerpc: modules: skip r2 setup for ELFv2

Anton Blanchard anton at samba.org
Tue Mar 25 22:44:37 EST 2014


From: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au>

ELFv2 doesn't need to set up r2 when calling a function.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
index f8b6d28..d722249 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
@@ -59,12 +59,19 @@ struct ppc64_stub_entry
 	struct ppc64_opd_entry opd;
 };
 
-/* We use a stub to fix up r2 (TOC ptr) and to jump to the (external)
-   function which may be more than 24-bits away.  We could simply
-   patch the new r2 value and function pointer into the stub, but it's
-   significantly shorter to put these values at the end of the stub
-   code, and patch the stub address (32-bits relative to the TOC ptr,
-   r2) into the stub. */
+/*
+ * PPC64 uses 24 bit jumps, but we need to jump into other modules or
+ * the kernel which may be further.  So we jump to a stub.
+ *
+ * For ELFv1 we need to use this to set up the new r2 value (aka TOC
+ * pointer).  For ELFv2 it's the callee's responsibility to set up the
+ * new r2, but for both we need to save the old r2.
+ *
+ * We could simply patch the new r2 value and function pointer into
+ * the stub, but it's significantly shorter to put these values at the
+ * end of the stub code, and patch the stub address (32-bits relative
+ * to the TOC ptr, r2) into the stub.
+ */
 static struct ppc64_stub_entry ppc64_stub =
 { .jump = {
 	0x3d620000,			/* addis   r11,r2, <high> */
@@ -72,7 +79,10 @@ static struct ppc64_stub_entry ppc64_stub =
 	/* Save current r2 value in magic place on the stack. */
 	0xf8410000|R2_STACK_OFFSET,	/* std     r2,R2_STACK_OFFSET(r1) */
 	0xe98b0020,			/* ld      r12,32(r11) */
+#if !defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF != 2
+	/* Set up new r2 from function descriptor */
 	0xe84b0026,			/* ld      r2,40(r11) */
+#endif
 	0x7d8903a6,			/* mtctr   r12 */
 	0x4e800420			/* bctr */
 } };
-- 
1.8.3.2



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