[PATCH 2/2] powerpc: sstep: Fix store and update instructions

Sandipan Das sandipan at linux.ibm.com
Thu Nov 19 16:41:39 AEDT 2020


The Power ISA says that the fixed-point store and update
instructions must not use R0 for the base address (RA).
In this case, the instruction is invalid. This applies
to the following instructions.
  * Store Byte with Update (stbu)
  * Store Byte with Update Indexed (stbux)
  * Store Halfword with Update (sthu)
  * Store Halfword with Update Indexed (sthux)
  * Store Word with Update (stwu)
  * Store Word with Update Indexed (stwux)
  * Store Doubleword with Update (stdu)
  * Store Doubleword with Update Indexed (stdux)

To remove any inconsistencies, this adds an additional check
for the aforementioned instructions to make sure that they
are treated as unknown by the emulation infrastructure when
RA = 0. The kernel will then fallback to executing the
instruction on hardware.

Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan at linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
index 25a5436be6c6..1c20c14f8757 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
@@ -2226,17 +2226,23 @@ int analyse_instr(struct instruction_op *op, const struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 		case 149:	/* stdx */
 		case 181:	/* stdux */
+			if (u && ra == 0)
+				return -1;
 			op->type = MKOP(STORE, u, 8);
 			break;
 #endif
 
 		case 151:	/* stwx */
 		case 183:	/* stwux */
+			if (u && ra == 0)
+				return -1;
 			op->type = MKOP(STORE, u, 4);
 			break;
 
 		case 215:	/* stbx */
 		case 247:	/* stbux */
+			if (u && ra == 0)
+				return -1;
 			op->type = MKOP(STORE, u, 1);
 			break;
 
@@ -2265,6 +2271,8 @@ int analyse_instr(struct instruction_op *op, const struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 		case 407:	/* sthx */
 		case 439:	/* sthux */
+			if (u && ra == 0)
+				return -1;
 			op->type = MKOP(STORE, u, 2);
 			break;
 
@@ -2568,12 +2576,16 @@ int analyse_instr(struct instruction_op *op, const struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 	case 36:	/* stw */
 	case 37:	/* stwu */
+		if (u && ra == 0)
+			return -1;
 		op->type = MKOP(STORE, u, 4);
 		op->ea = dform_ea(word, regs);
 		break;
 
 	case 38:	/* stb */
 	case 39:	/* stbu */
+		if (u && ra == 0)
+			return -1;
 		op->type = MKOP(STORE, u, 1);
 		op->ea = dform_ea(word, regs);
 		break;
@@ -2596,6 +2608,8 @@ int analyse_instr(struct instruction_op *op, const struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 	case 44:	/* sth */
 	case 45:	/* sthu */
+		if (u && ra == 0)
+			return -1;
 		op->type = MKOP(STORE, u, 2);
 		op->ea = dform_ea(word, regs);
 		break;
@@ -2746,6 +2760,8 @@ int analyse_instr(struct instruction_op *op, const struct pt_regs *regs,
 			op->type = MKOP(STORE, 0, 8);
 			break;
 		case 1:		/* stdu */
+			if (ra == 0)
+				return -1;
 			op->type = MKOP(STORE, UPDATE, 8);
 			break;
 		case 2:		/* stq */
-- 
2.25.1



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