linux-sg2042/arch/arm/vfp
Paul Walmsley 39141ddfb6 ARM: 7566/1: vfp: fix save and restore when running on pre-VFPv3 and CONFIG_VFPv3 set
After commit 846a136881 ("ARM: vfp: fix
saving d16-d31 vfp registers on v6+ kernels"), the OMAP 2430SDP board
started crashing during boot with omap2plus_defconfig:

[    3.875122] mmcblk0: mmc0:e624 SD04G 3.69 GiB
[    3.915954]  mmcblk0: p1
[    4.086639] Internal error: Oops - undefined instruction: 0 [#1] SMP ARM
[    4.093719] Modules linked in:
[    4.096954] CPU: 0    Not tainted  (3.6.0-02232-g759e00b #570)
[    4.103149] PC is at vfp_reload_hw+0x1c/0x44
[    4.107666] LR is at __und_usr_fault_32+0x0/0x8

It turns out that the context save/restore fix unmasked a latent bug
in commit 5aaf254409 ("ARM: 6203/1: Make
VFPv3 usable on ARMv6").  When CONFIG_VFPv3 is set, but the kernel is
booted on a pre-VFPv3 core, the code attempts to save and restore the
d16-d31 VFP registers.  These are only present on non-D16 VFPv3+, so
this results in an undefined instruction exception.  The code didn't
crash before commit 846a136 because the save and restore code was
only touching d0-d15, present on all VFP.

Fix by implementing a request from Russell King to add a new HWCAP
flag that affirmatively indicates the presence of the d16-d31
registers:

   http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=135013547905283&w=2

and some feedback from Måns to clarify the name of the HWCAP flag.

Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <paul@pwsan.com>
Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org>
Cc: Måns Rullgård <mans.rullgard@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2012-10-29 10:04:05 +00:00
..
Makefile ARM: vfp: use -mfloat-abi=soft to build vfp 2011-10-01 21:08:55 +02:00
entry.S ARM: Fix undefined instruction exception handling 2012-07-31 12:04:30 +01:00
vfp.h [ARM] 5387/1: Add ptrace VFP support on ARM 2009-02-12 10:59:43 +00:00
vfpdouble.c [ARM] vfp: fix fuitod/fsitod instructions 2008-01-10 17:07:08 +00:00
vfphw.S Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.linaro.org/people/rmk/linux-arm 2012-08-01 16:30:45 -07:00
vfpinstr.h [ARM] 4583/1: ARMv7: Add VFPv3 support 2008-01-26 14:41:28 +00:00
vfpmodule.c ARM: 7566/1: vfp: fix save and restore when running on pre-VFPv3 and CONFIG_VFPv3 set 2012-10-29 10:04:05 +00:00
vfpsingle.c [ARM] Remove unnecessary asm/ptrace.h from VFP support code 2007-04-22 10:56:40 +01:00