Re: Regressions on v11

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On 08/21/2012 01:39 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 20/08/12 21:45, Christoffer Dall wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Guys,
>>>
>>> I'm seeing weird regressions on v11 when running Thumb2 code:
>>>
>>> [  315.637769] cyclictest (3319): undefined instruction: pc=0000a2f4
>>> [  315.637791] Code: 4640 4649 f002 fbc4 (ed95) 7b06
>>> [  316.216214] cyclictest (3324): undefined instruction: pc=0000a2f4
>>> [  316.217515] Code: 4640 4649 f002 fbc4 (ed95) 7b06
>>> [  325.854063] cyclictest (3444): undefined instruction: pc=0000a2f4
>>> [  325.854076] Code: 4640 4649 f002 fbc4 (ed95) 7b06
>>>
>>> My previous work branch was quite solid (v10 based). Do we have a clear
>>> idea of what's changed in the exception handling path? Or should I
>>> consider doing the diff dance?
>>>
>>> I have the ugly feeling that we're adjusting the PC in a creative way.
>>>
>> if that's the case, it's probably the kvm_skip_instr() thingy. Which
>> code are you running? simply a Thumb guest kernel or something in user
>> space? If the latter, can you share?
> This is a Thumb2 guest + userspace guest. The instruction is always the
> same VFP instruction, so it actually looks VFP related, not PC adjusting
> as I initially thought. Doing stuff on the host seems to easily trigger
> the problem on the gust.
>
> But there's very little difference between my two trees (at least VFP
> wise), hence my growing perplexity...
>
> I'll continue investigating.

Did you maybe compile them with different config options? Like 
preemption? :)


Alex

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