PARISC defines /proc/sys/kernel/unaligned-trap to runtime toggle
unaligned access emulation.
The exact mechanics of enablig/disabling are still arch specific, we can
make the sysctl usable by other arches.
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/parisc/Kconfig | 1 +
init/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
kernel/sysctl.c | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index b77feff..8c76095 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ config PARISC
select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
+ select SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
select CLONE_BACKWARDS
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index be8b7f5..01180da 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1232,6 +1232,14 @@ config SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
help
Enable support for /proc/sys/debug/exception-trace.
+config SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
+ bool
+ help
+ Enable support for /proc/sys/kernel/unaligned-trap
+ Allows arches to define/use @unaligned_enabled to runtime toggle
+ the unaligned access emulation.
+ see arch/parisc/kernel/unaligned.c for reference
+
config KALLSYMS
bool "Load all symbols for debugging/ksymoops" if EXPERT
default y
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index c88878d..878b4c4 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ extern int sysctl_tsb_ratio;
#ifdef __hppa__
extern int pwrsw_enabled;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
extern int unaligned_enabled;
#endif
@@ -545,6 +548,8 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
},
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
{
.procname = "unaligned-trap",
.data = &unaligned_enabled,
--
1.7.4.1
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