Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | zhuqiuer <> | Subject | [PATCH] ARM: Add a memory clobber to the fmrx instruction | Date | Tue, 9 Apr 2024 19:38:44 +0800 |
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The instruction fmrx is used throughout the kernel, where it is sometimes expected to be skipped by incrementing the program counter, such as in vfpmodule.c:vfp_init(). Therefore, the instruction should not be reordered when it is not intended. Adding a barrier() instruction before and after this call cannot prevent reordering by the compiler, as the fmrx instruction is constrained by '=r', meaning it works on the general register but not on memory. To ensure the order of the instruction after compiling, adding a memory clobber is necessary.
Below is the code snippet disassembled from the method: vfpmodule.c:vfp_init(), compiled by LLVM.
Before the patching: xxxxx: xxxxx bl c010c688 <register_undef_hook> xxxxx: xxxxx mov r0, r4 xxxxx: xxxxx bl c010c6e4 <unregister_undef_hook> .. xxxxx: xxxxx bl c0791c8c <printk> xxxxx: xxxxx movw r5, #23132 ; 0x5a5c xxxxx: xxxxx vmrs r4, fpsid <- this is the fmrx instruction
After the patching: xxxxx: xxxxx bl c010c688 <register_undef_hook> xxxxx: xxxxx mov r0, r4 xxxxx: xxxxx vmrs r5, fpsid <- this is the fmrx instruction xxxxx: xxxxx bl c010c6e4 <unregister_undef_hook>
Signed-off-by: zhuqiuer <zhuqiuer1@huawei.com> --- arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h index 3c7938fd40aa..e70129e10b8e 100644 --- a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h +++ b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ u32 __v; \ asm(".fpu vfpv2\n" \ "vmrs %0, " #_vfp_ \ - : "=r" (__v) : : "cc"); \ + : "=r" (__v) : : "memory", "cc"); \ __v; \ }) -- 2.12.3
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