On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 04:48:30PM +0200, Lucas Stach wrote:
> Install a non-faulting handler just before unmasking imprecise aborts
> and switch back to the regular one after unmasking is done.
>
> This catches any pending imprecise abort that the firmware/bootloader
> may have left behind that would normally crash the kernel at that point.
> As there are apparently a lot of bootlaoders out there that do such a
> thing it makes sense to handle it in the common startup code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lucas Stach <l.st...@pengutronix.de>
> ---
> arch/arm/mm/fault.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> arch/arm/mm/fault.h | 2 ++
> arch/arm/mm/mmu.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
> 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
> index 0d629b8f973f..519f694ec9db 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
> @@ -538,6 +538,21 @@ hook_fault_code(int nr, int (*fn)(unsigned long,
> unsigned int, struct pt_regs *)
> fsr_info[nr].name = name;
> }
>
> +void * __init
> +swap_fault_function(int nr,
> + int (*fn)(unsigned long, unsigned int, struct pt_regs *))
> +{
> + void *old_fn;
> +
> + if (nr < 0 || nr >= ARRAY_SIZE(fsr_info))
> + BUG();
> +
> + old_fn = fsr_info[nr].fn;
> + fsr_info[nr].fn = fn;
> +
> + return old_fn;
> +}
> +
Please move the abort enable and handler into fault.c - I don't want this
exposed to the rest of the kernel as people will get the impression that
they can make use of this, even though it's not in arch/arm/include/, as
a way to hook and then subsequently unhook a handler.
Thanks.
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