Re: [PATCH 05/15] ARM: head: use PC-relative insn sequence for __smp_alt

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* Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> [170811 12:37]:
> On 11 August 2017 at 16:13, Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > * Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> [170805 13:54]:
> >> Replace the open coded PC relative offset calculations with a pair
> >> of adr_l invocations.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  arch/arm/kernel/head.S | 12 ++----------
> >>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> >> index 6e9df3663a57..aed341e0f530 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> >> @@ -523,19 +523,11 @@ ARM_BE8(rev     r0, r0)                 @ byteswap if big endian
> >>       retne   lr
> >>
> >>  __fixup_smp_on_up:
> >> -     adr     r0, 1f
> >> -     ldmia   r0, {r3 - r5}
> >> -     sub     r3, r0, r3
> >> -     add     r4, r4, r3
> >> -     add     r5, r5, r3
> >> +     adr_l   r4, __smpalt_begin
> >> +     adr_l   r5, __smpalt_end
> >>       b       __do_fixup_smp_on_up
> >>  ENDPROC(__fixup_smp)
> >>
> >> -     .align
> >> -1:   .word   .
> >> -     .word   __smpalt_begin
> >> -     .word   __smpalt_end
> >> -
> >>       .pushsection .data
> >>       .globl  smp_on_up
> >>  smp_on_up:
> >
> > Ard, it's this one that cause boot to fail on omap3.
> > The rest of your set works for me with just this one
> > left out.
> >
> 
> I'm completely puzzled. The change is so simple that it is difficult
> to reduce it in parts, but if you still have the time to spare, mind
> trying the diff below?
> 
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> index 6e9df3663a57..c0361e608210 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> @@ -524,17 +524,15 @@ ARM_BE8(rev       r0, r0)                 @
> byteswap if big endian
> 
>  __fixup_smp_on_up:
>         adr     r0, 1f
> -       ldmia   r0, {r3 - r5}
> -       sub     r3, r0, r3
> -       add     r4, r4, r3
> -       add     r5, r5, r3
> +       ldmia   r0, {r4 - r5}
> +       add     r4, r4, r0
> +       add     r5, r5, r0
>         b       __do_fixup_smp_on_up
>  ENDPROC(__fixup_smp)
> 
>         .align
> -1:     .word   .
> -       .word   __smpalt_begin
> -       .word   __smpalt_end
> +1:     .word   __smpalt_begin - 1b
> +       .word   __smpalt_end - 1b
> 
>         .pushsection .data
>         .globl  smp_on_up
> 
> The main point of these changes is to eliminate absolute references,
> not to use the new macros, so if this does work, I will go with this
> instead.

For reference, I manually did this changes as it did not apply
after reverting your earlier version of this patch. No luck with
this change, so I'll test again when you you have updated patches
available.

Regards,

Tony



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