powerpc: Add a proper syscall for switching endianness
We currently have a "special" syscall for switching endianness. This is syscall number 0x1ebe, which is handled explicitly in the 64-bit syscall exception entry. That has a few problems, firstly the syscall number is outside of the usual range, which confuses various tools. For example strace doesn't recognise the syscall at all. Secondly it's handled explicitly as a special case in the syscall exception entry, which is complicated enough without it. As a first step toward removing the special syscall, we need to add a regular syscall that implements the same functionality. The logic is simple, it simply toggles the MSR_LE bit in the userspace MSR. This is the same as the special syscall, with the caveat that the special syscall clobbers fewer registers. This version clobbers r9-r12, XER, CTR, and CR0-1,5-7. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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@@ -121,3 +121,20 @@ long ppc_fadvise64_64(int fd, int advice, u32 offset_high, u32 offset_low,
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return sys_fadvise64(fd, (u64)offset_high << 32 | offset_low,
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(u64)len_high << 32 | len_low, advice);
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}
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long sys_switch_endian(void)
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{
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struct thread_info *ti;
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current->thread.regs->msr ^= MSR_LE;
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/*
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* Set TIF_RESTOREALL so that r3 isn't clobbered on return to
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* userspace. That also has the effect of restoring the non-volatile
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* GPRs, so we saved them on the way in here.
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*/
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ti = current_thread_info();
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ti->flags |= _TIF_RESTOREALL;
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return 0;
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}
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