powerpc/fsl_book3e: fix the relocatable bug in debug interrupt handler
Huang, Yuanjie
yuanjie.huang at windriver.com
Mon Aug 10 12:23:37 AEST 2015
Hi Scott,
On 08/08/2015 10:29 AM, Scott Wood wrote:
> [Please wrap commit messages at around 74 columns]
Ok, I will when sending a new version.
>
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 02:58:10PM +0800, Yuanjie Huang wrote:
>> PowerPC Book3E processor features hardware-supported single instruction
>> execution, and it is used for ptrace(PTRACE_SINGLESTEP, ...). When a
>> debugger loads a debuggee, it typically sets the CPU to yield debug
>> interrupt on first instruction complete or branch taken. However, the
>> newly-forked child process could run into instruction TLB miss
>> exception handler when switched to, and causes a debug interrupt in the
>> exception entry sequence. This is not expected by caller of
>> ptrace(PTRACE_SINGLESTEP, ...), so the next instruction address saved
>> in DSRR0 is checked against the boundary of exception entry sequence,
>> to ensure the kernel only process the interrupt as a normal exception
>> if the address does not fall in the exception entry sequence. Failure
>> in obtaining the correct boundary leads to such debug exception handled
>> as from privileged mode, and causes kernel oops.
>>
>> The LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE can't be used to load the boundary addresses
>> when relocatable enabled, so this patch replace them with
>> LOAD_REG_ADDR_PIC. LR is backed up and restored before and after
>> calling LOAD_REG_ADDR_PIC, because LOAD_REG_ADDR_PIC clobbers it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yuanjie Huang <Yuanjie.Huang at windriver.com>
>> ---
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
>> index 3e68d1c..c475f569 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
>> @@ -735,12 +735,24 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)
>> andis. r15,r14,(DBSR_IC|DBSR_BT)@h
>> beq+ 1f
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
>> + mflr r14
>> + LOAD_REG_ADDR_PIC(r15,interrupt_base_book3e)
>> + mtlr r14
>> + cmpld cr0,r10,r15
>> + blt+ cr0,1f
>> + LOAD_REG_ADDR_PIC(r15,interrupt_end_book3e)
>> + mtlr r14
>> + cmpld cr0,r10,r15
>> + bge+ cr0,1f
>> +#else
> CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not supported on 64-bit book3e without applying
> additional patches, such as the RFC patchset I posted recently that
> contained the patch "powerpc/book3e-64: rename interrupt_end_book3e with
> __end_interrupts". But if you've applied that patchset, then you
> wouldn't be working with the name interrupt_base_book3e, so how are you
> seeing this?
Actually I have merged additional patches submitted but not merged to
make CONFIG_RELOCATABLE work with 64-bit book3e. I am happy to delay
this until those patches are merged, and sent an adjusted version. Shall
I wait until they are merged?
> Also, why not use the RELOCATABLE version unconditionally? I don't think
> this is a performance-critical path.
The difference is 15 instructions against 14, if it's not important we
can surely use only RELOCATABLE version.
Best,
Yuanjie
> -Scott
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