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authorVineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>2013-02-11 14:31:24 (GMT)
committerVineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>2013-02-15 17:45:49 (GMT)
commit5c39c0ab5e862cf71cda1fc39a5cedd4e2f18c6e (patch)
tree5241b832c2e64f581b55bb8c56bf3cb49836423b /arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
parentc3581039b6c51a778a70accec53a9bb7ad9a4d32 (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-5c39c0ab5e862cf71cda1fc39a5cedd4e2f18c6e.tar.xz
ARC: [Review] Preparing to fix incorrect syscall restarts due to signals
To avoid multiple syscall restarts (multiple signals) or no restart at all (sigreturn), we need just an extra bit of state "literally 1 bit" in struct pt_regs. orig_r8 is the best place to do this, however given the way it is encoded currently, we can't add anything simplistically. Current orig_r8: * syscalls -> 1 to NR_SYSCALLS * Exceptions -> NR_SYSCALLS + 1 * Break-point-> NR_SYSCALLS + 2 In new scheme it is a bit-field * lower short word contains the exact event type (and a new bit to represent restart semantics : if syscall was already / can't be restarted) * upper short word optionally containing the syscall num - needed by likes of tracehooks etc This patch only changes how orig_r8 is organised and nothing should change behaviourily. Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arc/kernel/entry.S')
-rw-r--r--arch/arc/kernel/entry.S4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
index d625b77..ce8670d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ ARC_EXIT EV_Extension
trap_with_param:
- ;make sure orig_r8 is a positive value
- st NR_syscalls + 2, [sp, PT_orig_r8]
+ ; stop_pc info by gdb needs this info
+ st orig_r8_IS_BRKPT, [sp, PT_orig_r8]
mov r0, r12
lr r1, [efa]