| Message ID | 1307624499-9927-1-git-send-email-dave.martin@linaro.org (mailing list archive) |
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On Thu, 9 Jun 2011, Dave Martin wrote: > It is easy to mis-maintain the proc_types table such that the > entries become wrongly-sized and misaligned when the kernel is > built in Thumb-2. > > This patch adds an assembly-time check which will turn most > common size/alignment mistakes in this table into build failures, > to avoid having to debug the boot-time kernel hang which would > happen if the resulting kernel were actually booted. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org> Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> > --- > KernelVersion: v3.0-rc2 > > arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S | 14 +++++++++++++- > 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S > index f9da419..0aae741 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S > @@ -597,6 +597,8 @@ __common_mmu_cache_on: > sub pc, lr, r0, lsr #32 @ properly flush pipeline > #endif > > +#define PROC_ENTRY_SIZE (4*5) > + > /* > * Here follow the relocatable cache support functions for the > * various processors. This is a generic hook for locating an > @@ -624,7 +626,7 @@ call_cache_fn: adr r12, proc_types > ARM( addeq pc, r12, r3 ) @ call cache function > THUMB( addeq r12, r3 ) > THUMB( moveq pc, r12 ) @ call cache function > - add r12, r12, #4*5 > + add r12, r12, #PROC_ENTRY_SIZE > b 1b > > /* > @@ -794,6 +796,16 @@ proc_types: > > .size proc_types, . - proc_types > > + /* > + * If you get a "non-constant expression in ".if" statement" > + * error from the assembler on this line, check that you have > + * not accidentally written a "b" instruction where you should > + * have written W(b). > + */ > + .if (. - proc_types) % PROC_ENTRY_SIZE != 0 > + .error "The size of one or more proc_types entries is wrong." > + .endif > + > /* > * Turn off the Cache and MMU. ARMv3 does not support > * reading the control register, but ARMv4 does. > -- > 1.7.4.1 >
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S index f9da419..0aae741 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S @@ -597,6 +597,8 @@ __common_mmu_cache_on: sub pc, lr, r0, lsr #32 @ properly flush pipeline #endif +#define PROC_ENTRY_SIZE (4*5) + /* * Here follow the relocatable cache support functions for the * various processors. This is a generic hook for locating an @@ -624,7 +626,7 @@ call_cache_fn: adr r12, proc_types ARM( addeq pc, r12, r3 ) @ call cache function THUMB( addeq r12, r3 ) THUMB( moveq pc, r12 ) @ call cache function - add r12, r12, #4*5 + add r12, r12, #PROC_ENTRY_SIZE b 1b /* @@ -794,6 +796,16 @@ proc_types: .size proc_types, . - proc_types + /* + * If you get a "non-constant expression in ".if" statement" + * error from the assembler on this line, check that you have + * not accidentally written a "b" instruction where you should + * have written W(b). + */ + .if (. - proc_types) % PROC_ENTRY_SIZE != 0 + .error "The size of one or more proc_types entries is wrong." + .endif + /* * Turn off the Cache and MMU. ARMv3 does not support * reading the control register, but ARMv4 does.
It is easy to mis-maintain the proc_types table such that the entries become wrongly-sized and misaligned when the kernel is built in Thumb-2. This patch adds an assembly-time check which will turn most common size/alignment mistakes in this table into build failures, to avoid having to debug the boot-time kernel hang which would happen if the resulting kernel were actually booted. Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org> --- KernelVersion: v3.0-rc2 arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)