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From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale•com>
To: Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@transmode•se>
Cc: Rex Feany <RFeany@mrv•com>,
	"linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org" <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] 8xx: Fixup DAR from buggy dcbX instructions.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:20:03 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091014172003.GD21215@loki.buserror.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1255278912-8042-5-git-send-email-Joakim.Tjernlund@transmode.se>

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 06:35:08PM +0200, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> This is an assembler version to fixup DAR not being set
> by dcbX, icbi instructions. There are two versions, one
> uses selfmodifing code, the other uses a
> jump table but is much bigger(default).
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S |  146 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> index 093176c..9839e79 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> @@ -494,7 +494,8 @@ DataTLBError:
>  
>  	mfspr	r10, SPRN_DAR
>  	cmpwi	cr0, r10, 0x00f0
> -	beq-	2f	/* must be a buggy dcbX, icbi insn. */
> +	beq-	FixDAR	/* must be a buggy dcbX, icbi insn. */
> +DARFix:	/* Return from dcbx instruction bug workaround, r10 holds value of DAR */

Both FixDAR and DARFix?  Could we make the labels a little clearer?

> +/* This is the procedure to calculate the data EA for buggy dcbx,dcbi instructions
> + * by decoding the registers used by the dcbx instruction and adding them.
> + * DAR is set to the calculated address and r10 also holds the EA on exit.
> + */

How often does this happen?  Could we just do it in C code after saving all
the registers, and avoid the self modifying stuff (or the big switch
statement equivalent)?

-Scott

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-10-14 17:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-11 16:35 [PATCH 0/8] Fix 8xx MMU/TLB Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-11 16:35 ` [PATCH 1/8] 8xx: invalidate non present TLBs Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-11 16:35   ` [PATCH 2/8] 8xx: Update TLB asm so it behaves as linux mm expects Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-11 16:35     ` [PATCH 3/8] 8xx: Tag DAR with 0x00f0 to catch buggy instructions Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-11 16:35       ` [PATCH 4/8] 8xx: Fixup DAR from buggy dcbX instructions Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-11 16:35         ` [PATCH 5/8] 8xx: dcbst sets store bit in DTLB error, workaround Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-11 16:35           ` [PATCH 6/8] 8xx: Add missing Guarded setting in DTLB Error Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-11 16:35             ` [PATCH 7/8] 8xx: Restore _PAGE_WRITETHRU Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-11 16:35               ` [PATCH 8/8] 8xx: start using dcbX instructions in various copy routines Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-11 21:26               ` [PATCH 7/8] 8xx: Restore _PAGE_WRITETHRU Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-10-11 22:21                 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-11 22:45                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-10-11 21:25             ` [PATCH 6/8] 8xx: Add missing Guarded setting in DTLB Error Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-10-11 22:19               ` Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-11 22:44                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-10-12  5:36                   ` Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-12  5:46                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-10-12  6:59                       ` Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-14 17:02           ` [PATCH 5/8] 8xx: dcbst sets store bit in DTLB error, workaround Scott Wood
2009-10-14 17:20         ` Scott Wood [this message]
2009-10-14 19:05           ` [PATCH 4/8] 8xx: Fixup DAR from buggy dcbX instructions Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-14 19:23             ` Scott Wood
2009-10-14 20:03               ` Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-14 20:22                 ` Scott Wood
2009-10-14 21:10                   ` Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-14 21:14                     ` Scott Wood
2009-10-14 21:17                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-10-14 21:41                         ` Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-14 21:52                           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-10-14 22:09                             ` Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-11 21:25     ` [PATCH 2/8] 8xx: Update TLB asm so it behaves as linux mm expects Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-10-14 16:57     ` Scott Wood
2009-10-14 16:56   ` [PATCH 1/8] 8xx: invalidate non present TLBs Scott Wood
2009-10-14 17:23 ` [PATCH 0/8] Fix 8xx MMU/TLB Scott Wood
2009-10-14 18:46   ` Joakim Tjernlund
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-10-15  9:04 Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-15  9:04 ` [PATCH 1/8] 8xx: invalidate non present TLBs Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-15  9:04   ` [PATCH 2/8] 8xx: Update TLB asm so it behaves as linux mm expects Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-15  9:04     ` [PATCH 3/8] 8xx: Tag DAR with 0x00f0 to catch buggy instructions Joakim Tjernlund
2009-10-15  9:04       ` [PATCH 4/8] 8xx: Fixup DAR from buggy dcbX instructions Joakim Tjernlund
2009-11-04 13:38 [PATCH 0/8] 8xx: Misc fixes for buggy insn Joakim Tjernlund
2009-11-04 13:38 ` [PATCH 1/8] 8xx: invalidate non present TLBs Joakim Tjernlund
2009-11-04 13:38   ` [PATCH 2/8] 8xx: Update TLB asm so it behaves as linux mm expects Joakim Tjernlund
2009-11-04 13:38     ` [PATCH 3/8] 8xx: Tag DAR with 0x00f0 to catch buggy instructions Joakim Tjernlund
2009-11-04 13:38       ` [PATCH 4/8] 8xx: Fixup DAR from buggy dcbX instructions Joakim Tjernlund

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