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-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/transactional_memory.txt7
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c29
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/transactional_memory.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/transactional_memory.txt
index 84e04a0..c54bf31 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/transactional_memory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/transactional_memory.txt
@@ -161,9 +161,12 @@ kernel aborted a transaction:
transactions for consistency will use this.
TM_CAUSE_SIGNAL Signal delivered.
TM_CAUSE_MISC Currently unused.
+ TM_CAUSE_ALIGNMENT Alignment fault.
+ TM_CAUSE_EMULATE Emulation that touched memory.
-These can be checked by the user program's abort handler as TEXASR[0:7].
-
+These can be checked by the user program's abort handler as TEXASR[0:7]. If
+bit 7 is set, it indicates that the error is consider persistent. For example
+a TM_CAUSE_ALIGNMENT will be persistent while a TM_CAUSE_RESCHED will not.q
GDB
===
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
index 8f6a94b..d0528e0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@
#define TM_CAUSE_SYSCALL 0xd8 /* future use */
#define TM_CAUSE_MISC 0xd6 /* future use */
#define TM_CAUSE_SIGNAL 0xd4
+#define TM_CAUSE_ALIGNMENT 0xd2
+#define TM_CAUSE_EMULATE 0xd0
#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64)
#define MSR_64BIT MSR_SF
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index a7a648f..f18c79c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
#include <asm/firmware.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/tm.h>
#endif
#include <asm/kexec.h>
#include <asm/ppc-opcode.h>
@@ -932,6 +933,28 @@ static int emulate_isel(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 instword)
return 0;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
+static inline bool tm_abort_check(struct pt_regs *regs, int cause)
+{
+ /* If we're emulating a load/store in an active transaction, we cannot
+ * emulate it as the kernel operates in transaction suspended context.
+ * We need to abort the transaction. This creates a persistent TM
+ * abort so tell the user what caused it with a new code.
+ */
+ if (MSR_TM_TRANSACTIONAL(regs->msr)) {
+ tm_enable();
+ tm_abort(cause);
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+#else
+static inline bool tm_abort_check(struct pt_regs *regs, int reason)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+#endif
+
static int emulate_instruction(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
u32 instword;
@@ -971,6 +994,9 @@ static int emulate_instruction(struct pt_regs *regs)
/* Emulate load/store string insn. */
if ((instword & PPC_INST_STRING_GEN_MASK) == PPC_INST_STRING) {
+ if (tm_abort_check(regs,
+ TM_CAUSE_EMULATE | TM_CAUSE_PERSISTENT))
+ return -EINVAL;
PPC_WARN_EMULATED(string, regs);
return emulate_string_inst(regs, instword);
}
@@ -1148,6 +1174,9 @@ void alignment_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
if (!arch_irq_disabled_regs(regs))
local_irq_enable();
+ if (tm_abort_check(regs, TM_CAUSE_ALIGNMENT | TM_CAUSE_PERSISTENT))
+ goto bail;
+
/* we don't implement logging of alignment exceptions */
if (!(current->thread.align_ctl & PR_UNALIGN_SIGBUS))
fixed = fix_alignment(regs);
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