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

From: christophe leroy
Date: Thu Sep 18 2014 - 14:52:23 EST



Le 18/09/2014 18:42, leroy christophe a Ãcrit :

Le 18/09/2014 17:15, Joakim Tjernlund a Ãcrit :
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>

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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(-)
[...]
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 ?
I don't like what I propose two hours ago indeed.
Is it really worth trying to implement code for vectors 0x300 and 0x400 which are clearly stated in the Reference Manual as never being generated by the HW ?.
If I just don't put anything at 0x300 and 0x400 is that OK ?
Otherwise I have to put some code that will branch to TLBerror code, but writing dead code doesn't enchant me.

Christophe

@@ -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)

/* 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)

/* 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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