[PATCH 5/5] powerpc/lib: Add alt patching test of branching past the last instruction

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Tue Apr 17 00:39:05 AEST 2018


Add a test of the relative branch patching logic in the alternate
section feature fixup code. This tests that if we branch past the last
instruction of the alternate section, the branch is not patched.
That's because the assembler will have created a branch that already
points to the first instruction after the patched section, which is
correct and needs no further patching.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups-test.S | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c      | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups-test.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups-test.S
index dd05afcbcde3..f16cec989506 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups-test.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups-test.S
@@ -171,6 +171,42 @@ globl(ftr_fixup_test6_expected)
 	or	2,2,2
 	or	3,3,3
 
+globl(ftr_fixup_test7)
+	or	1,1,1
+BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
+	or	2,2,2
+	or	2,2,2
+	or	2,2,2
+	or	2,2,2
+	or	2,2,2
+	or	2,2,2
+	or	2,2,2
+FTR_SECTION_ELSE
+2:	b	3f
+3:	or	5,5,5
+	beq	3b
+	b	1f
+	or	6,6,6
+	b	2b
+	bdnz	3b
+1:
+ALT_FTR_SECTION_END(0, 1)
+	or	1,1,1
+	or	1,1,1
+
+globl(end_ftr_fixup_test7)
+	nop
+
+globl(ftr_fixup_test7_expected)
+	or	1,1,1
+2:	b	3f
+3:	or	5,5,5
+	beq	3b
+	b	1f
+	or	6,6,6
+	b	2b
+	bdnz	3b
+1:	or	1,1,1
 
 #if 0
 /* Test that if we have a larger else case the assembler spots it and
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
index 097b45bd9de4..f3e46d4edd72 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
@@ -425,6 +425,16 @@ static void test_alternative_case_with_external_branch(void)
 	check(memcmp(ftr_fixup_test6, ftr_fixup_test6_expected, size) == 0);
 }
 
+static void test_alternative_case_with_branch_to_end(void)
+{
+	extern unsigned int ftr_fixup_test7[];
+	extern unsigned int end_ftr_fixup_test7[];
+	extern unsigned int ftr_fixup_test7_expected[];
+	int size = 4 * (end_ftr_fixup_test7 - ftr_fixup_test7);
+
+	check(memcmp(ftr_fixup_test7, ftr_fixup_test7_expected, size) == 0);
+}
+
 static void test_cpu_macros(void)
 {
 	extern u8 ftr_fixup_test_FTR_macros[];
@@ -480,6 +490,7 @@ static int __init test_feature_fixups(void)
 	test_alternative_case_too_small();
 	test_alternative_case_with_branch();
 	test_alternative_case_with_external_branch();
+	test_alternative_case_with_branch_to_end();
 	test_cpu_macros();
 	test_fw_macros();
 	test_lwsync_macros();
-- 
2.14.1



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