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ARM: 6396/1: Add SWP/SWPB emulation for ARMv7 processors

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The SWP instruction was deprecated in the ARMv6 architecture,
superseded by the LDREX/STREX family of instructions for
load-linked/store-conditional operations. The ARMv7 multiprocessing
extensions mandate that SWP/SWPB instructions are treated as undefined
from reset, with the ability to enable them through the System Control
Register SW bit.

This patch adds the alternative solution to emulate the SWP and SWPB
instructions using LDREX/STREX sequences, and log statistics to
/proc/cpu/swp_emulation. To correctly deal with copy-on-write, it also
modifies cpu_v7_set_pte_ext to change the mappings to priviliged RO when
user RO.

Signed-off-by: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@arm.com>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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Leif Lindholm
2010-09-16 18:00:47 +01:00
committed by Russell King
parent 247055aa21
commit 64d2dc384e
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@@ -636,6 +636,33 @@ config ARM_THUMBEE
Say Y here if you have a CPU with the ThumbEE extension and code to
make use of it. Say N for code that can run on CPUs without ThumbEE.
config SWP_EMULATE
bool "Emulate SWP/SWPB instructions"
depends on CPU_V7
select HAVE_PROC_CPU if PROC_FS
default y if SMP
help
ARMv6 architecture deprecates use of the SWP/SWPB instructions.
ARMv7 multiprocessing extensions introduce the ability to disable
these instructions, triggering an undefined instruction exception
when executed. Say Y here to enable software emulation of these
instructions for userspace (not kernel) using LDREX/STREX.
Also creates /proc/cpu/swp_emulation for statistics.
In some older versions of glibc [<=2.8] SWP is used during futex
trylock() operations with the assumption that the code will not
be preempted. This invalid assumption may be more likely to fail
with SWP emulation enabled, leading to deadlock of the user
application.
NOTE: when accessing uncached shared regions, LDREX/STREX rely
on an external transaction monitoring block called a global
monitor to maintain update atomicity. If your system does not
implement a global monitor, this option can cause programs that
perform SWP operations to uncached memory to deadlock.
If unsure, say Y.
config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
bool "Build big-endian kernel"
depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN