Re: [PATCH v3 14/16] powerpc/32: implement fast entry for syscalls on BOOKE

From: Paul Mackerras
Date: Thu May 23 2019 - 02:17:20 EST


On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:39:03PM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> This patch implements a fast entry for syscalls.
>
> Syscalls don't have to preserve non volatile registers except LR.
>
> This patch then implement a fast entry for syscalls, where
> volatile registers get clobbered.
>
> As this entry is dedicated to syscall it always sets MSR_EE
> and warns in case MSR_EE was previously off
>
> It also assumes that the call is always from user, system calls are
> unexpected from kernel.

This is now upstream as commit 1a4b739bbb4f. On the e500mc test
config that I use, I'm getting this build failure:

arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.o: In function `SystemCall':
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S:416: undefined reference to `kvmppc_handler_BOOKE_INTERRUPT_SYSCALL_SPRN_SRR1'
Makefile:1052: recipe for target 'vmlinux' failed

> +.macro SYSCALL_ENTRY trapno intno
> + mfspr r10, SPRN_SPRG_THREAD
> +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_BOOKE_HV
> +BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
> + mtspr SPRN_SPRG_WSCRATCH0, r10
> + stw r11, THREAD_NORMSAVE(0)(r10)
> + stw r13, THREAD_NORMSAVE(2)(r10)
> + mfcr r13 /* save CR in r13 for now */
> + mfspr r11, SPRN_SRR1
> + mtocrf 0x80, r11 /* check MSR[GS] without clobbering reg */
> + bf 3, 1975f
> + b kvmppc_handler_BOOKE_INTERRUPT_\intno\()_SPRN_SRR1

It seems to me that the "_SPRN_SRR1" on the end of this line
isn't meant to be there... However, it still fails to link with that
removed.

Paul.