Re: [PATCH 1/2] MIPS: Allow vectored interrupt handler to reside everywhere for 64bit

From: Thomas Bogendoerfer
Date: Sat Dec 30 2023 - 10:40:01 EST


On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 01:54:03PM +0100, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> Setting up vector interrupts worked only with handlers, which resided
> in CKSEG0 space. This limits the kernel placement for 64bit platforms.
> By patching in the offset into vi_handlers[] instead of the full
> handler address, the vectored exception handler can load the
> address by itself and jump to it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/mips/kernel/genex.S | 8 ++++----
> arch/mips/kernel/traps.c | 9 +++------
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

applied to mips-next.

Thomas.

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