Re: [PATCH v3 03/21] powerpc/8xx: exception InstructionAccess does not exist on MPC8xx

From: Joakim Tjernlund
Date: Thu Sep 18 2014 - 14:12:49 EST


leroy christophe <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx> wrote on 2014/09/18 18:42:14:

>
> Le 18/09/2014 17:15, Joakim Tjernlund a écrit :
> > Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx> wrote on 2014/09/17
18:36:57:
> >> Exception InstructionAccess does not exist on MPC8xx. No need to
branch
> > there from somewhere else.
> >> Handling can be done directly in InstructionTLBError Exception.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Changes in v2:
> >> - None
> >>
> >> Changes in v3:
> >> - arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c uses the vector number, so make sure it
> > understand
> >> the new ones.
> >>
> >> arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S | 17 +++++++----------
> >> arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c | 1 +
> >> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> > b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> >> index 3af6db1..fbe5d10 100644
> >> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> >> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> >> @@ -234,15 +234,9 @@ DataAccess:
> >> EXC_XFER_LITE(0x300, handle_page_fault)
> >>
> >> /* Instruction access exception.
> >> - * This is "never generated" by the MPC8xx. We jump to it for other
> >> - * translation errors.
> >> + * This is "never generated" by the MPC8xx.
> >> */
> >> - . = 0x400
> >> -InstructionAccess:
> >> - EXCEPTION_PROLOG
> >> - mr r4,r12
> >> - mr r5,r9
> >> - EXC_XFER_LITE(0x400, handle_page_fault)
> >> + EXCEPTION(0x400, InstructionAccess, unknown_exception,
EXC_XFER_STD)
> >>
> >> /* External interrupt */
> >> EXCEPTION(0x500, HardwareInterrupt, do_IRQ, EXC_XFER_LITE)
> >> @@ -382,7 +376,7 @@ InstructionTLBMiss:
> >> #endif
> >> mfspr r10, SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH2
> >> EXCEPTION_EPILOG_0
> >> - b InstructionAccess
> >> + b InstructionTLBError
> >>
> >> . = 0x1200
> >> DataStoreTLBMiss:
> >> @@ -477,7 +471,10 @@ DataStoreTLBMiss:
> >> */
> >> . = 0x1300
> >> InstructionTLBError:
> >> - b InstructionAccess
> >> + EXCEPTION_PROLOG
> >> + mr r4,r12
> >> + mr r5,r9
> >> + EXC_XFER_LITE(0x1300, handle_page_fault)
> > Still don't like that you change the vector number, every other ppc
uses
> > the
> > standard number.
> >
> > Can you not just lie here(EXC_XFER_LITE(0x400, handle_page_fault))?
> > Move the code to InstructionAccess too and let TLBError branch there.
> My issue was that if I do EXC_XFER_LITE(0x400, handle_page_fault), I
> can't leave the
> EXCEPTION(0x400, InstructionAccess, unknown_exception,
> EXC_XFER_STD) at address .400
> Otherwise, I get twice the same label.
>
> What about the following patch then ? Would this be acceptable ?
>
> @@ -234,15 +234,13 @@ DataAccess:
> EXC_XFER_LITE(0x300, handle_page_fault)
>
> /* Instruction access exception.
> - * This is "never generated" by the MPC8xx. We jump to it for other
> - * translation errors.
> + * This is "never generated" by the MPC8xx.
> */
> . = 0x400
> InstructionAccess:
> EXCEPTION_PROLOG
> - mr r4,r12
> - mr r5,r9
> - EXC_XFER_LITE(0x400, handle_page_fault)
> + addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
> + EXC_XFER_STD(0x401, unknown_exception)

Since this is never generated I think it is OK. Nedds some more commenst
though, why the 401 etc.


>
> /* External interrupt */
> EXCEPTION(0x500, HardwareInterrupt, do_IRQ, EXC_XFER_LITE)
> @@ -382,7 +380,7 @@ InstructionTLBMiss:
> #endif
> mfspr r10, SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH2
> EXCEPTION_EPILOG_0
> - b InstructionAccess
> + b InstructionTLBError
>
> . = 0x1200
> DataStoreTLBMiss:
> @@ -477,7 +475,11 @@ DataStoreTLBMiss:
> */
> . = 0x1300
> InstructionTLBError:
> - b InstructionAccess
> + EXCEPTION_PROLOG
> + mr r4,r12
> + mr r5,r9
> + /* 0x400 is InstructionAccess exception, needed by bad_page_fault()
*/
> + EXC_XFER_LITE(0x400, handle_page_fault)

You should have the code in TLBMiss and have the TLBError branch there as
that is the common case.

>
> /* This is the data TLB error on the MPC8xx. This could be due to
> * many reasons, including a dirty update to a pte. We can catch that
>
>
> >
> > If not I think you should keep the old/current way?
> >
> > Same for DataTLB Miss/Error
> >
> >> /* This is the data TLB error on the MPC8xx. This could be due to
> >> * many reasons, including a dirty update to a pte. We can catch
that
> >> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
> >> index 51ab9e7..4d63c96 100644
> >> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
> >> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
> >> @@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ void bad_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
unsigned
> > long address, int sig)
> >> break;
> >> case 0x400:
> >> case 0x480:
> >> + case 0x1300:
> >> printk(KERN_ALERT "Unable to handle kernel paging request for
"
> >> "instruction fetch\n");
> >> break;
> >> --
> >> 2.1.0
> >>
>

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