ARM: kprobes: Make str_pc_offset a constant on ARMv7

The str_pc_offset value is architecturally defined on ARMv7 onwards so
we can make it a compile time constant. This means on Thumb kernels the
runtime checking code isn't needed, which saves us from having to fix it
to work for Thumb.

Signed-off-by: Jon Medhurst <tixy@yxit.co.uk>
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
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Jon Medhurst 2011-07-07 19:58:29 +01:00 committed by Tixy
parent 6c8df3300f
commit aea490299f
2 changed files with 18 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
#include "kprobes.h"
#ifndef find_str_pc_offset
/*
* For STR and STM instructions, an ARM core may choose to use either
* a +8 or a +12 displacement from the current instruction's address.
@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ void __init find_str_pc_offset(void)
str_pc_offset = ret;
}
#endif /* !find_str_pc_offset */
void __init arm_kprobe_decode_init(void)
{

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@ -36,7 +36,21 @@ void __init arm_kprobe_decode_init(void);
extern kprobe_check_cc * const kprobe_condition_checks[16];
#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 7
/* str_pc_offset is architecturally defined from ARMv7 onwards */
#define str_pc_offset 8
#define find_str_pc_offset()
#else /* __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 7 */
/* We need a run-time check to determine str_pc_offset */
extern int str_pc_offset;
void __init find_str_pc_offset(void);
#endif
/*
* Test if load/store instructions writeback the address register.