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Message-ID: <40101cc31003011403x4423cb3em1f6fcb04d64dd2bb@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 23:03:09 +0100
From: Matteo Croce <technoboy85@...il.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: AMD Geode i686
Hi,
I have refreshed my AMD Geode i686 patch with NOPL and I have added a
new nice feature.
When a NOPL is found the parser looks for any NOPL after the current
one, so they are emulated in bulk.
Tested ok on a Pcengines Alix.
Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <technoboy85@...il.com>
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile 2010-03-01 01:18:51.697166322 +0100
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile 2010-03-01 01:19:45.727095700 +0100
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER) += hpet.o
obj-$(CONFIG_K8_NB) += k8.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MGEODEGX1) += nopl_emu.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MGEODE_LX) += nopl_emu.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST) += test_rodata.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_NX_TEST) += test_nx.o
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c 2010-03-01 01:18:51.737097341 +0100
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c 2010-03-01 01:19:27.867865836 +0100
@@ -138,8 +138,10 @@
}
if (c->x86_model == 10) {
- /Index: linux-2.6.33/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
===================================================================
* AMD Geode LX is model 10 */
- /* placeholder for any needed mods */
+ /* Geode only lacks the NOPL instruction to be i686,
+ but we can emulate it in the exception handler
+ and promote it to a class 6 cpu */
+ boot_cpu_data.x86 = 6;
return;
}
}
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S 2010-03-01 01:18:51.717096708 +0100
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S 2010-03-01 01:19:27.867865836 +0100
@@ -960,7 +960,11 @@
RING0_INT_FRAME
pushl $0
CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
+#ifdef CONFIG_MGEODE_LX
+ pushl $do_nopl_emu
+#else
pushl $do_invalid_op
+#endif
CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
jmp error_code
CFI_ENDPROC
--- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nopl_emu.c 2010-03-01 02:40:44.324595733 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ * linux/arch/x86/kernel/nopl_emu.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Willy Tarreau
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Matteo Croce
+ */
+
+#include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/traps.h>
+
+/* This code can be used to allow the AMD Geode to hopefully correctly execute
+ * some code which was originally compiled for an i686, by emulating NOPL,
+ * the only missing i686 instruction in the CPU
+ *
+ * Willy Tarreau <willy@...a-x.org>
+ * Matteo Croce <technoboy85@...il.com>
+ */
+
+static inline int do_1f(u8 *ip)
+{
+ int length = 3;
+ switch (*ip) {
+ case 0x84:
+ if (!ip[5])
+ length++;
+ else
+ return 0;
+ case 0x80:
+ if (!ip[4] && !ip[3])
+ length += 2;
+ else
+ return 0;
+ case 0x44:
+ if (!ip[2])
+ length++;
+ else
+ return 0;
+ case 0x40:
+ if (!ip[1])
+ length++;
+ else
+ return 0;
+ case 0x00:
+ return length;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int do_0f(u8 *ip)
+{
+ if (*ip == 0x1f)
+ return do_1f(ip + 1);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int do_66(u8 *ip)
+{
+ if (*ip == 0x90)
+ return 2;
+ if (*ip == 0x0f) {
+ int res = do_0f(ip + 1);
+ if (res)
+ return res + 1;
+ else
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int do_start(u8 *ip)
+{
+ if (*ip == 0x0f)
+ return do_0f(ip + 1);
+ if (*ip == 0x66)
+ return do_66(ip + 1);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* [do_nopl_emu] is called by exception 6 after an invalid opcode has been
+ * encountered. It will try to emulate it by doing nothing,
+ * and will send a SIGILL or SIGSEGV to the process if not possible.
+ * the NOPL can have variable length opcodes:
+
+bytes number opcode
+ 2 66 90
+ 3 0f 1f 00
+ 4 0f 1f 40 00
+ 5 0f 1f 44 00 00
+ 6 66 0f 1f 44 00 00
+ 7 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00
+ 8 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00
+ 9 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00
+*/
+void do_nopl_emu(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
+{
+ u8 *ip = (u8 *)instruction_pointer(regs);
+ int res = do_start(ip);
+
+ if (res) {
+ do {
+ ip += res;
+ res = do_start(ip);
+ } while (res);
+ regs->ip = (typeof(regs->ip))ip;
+ } else
+ do_invalid_op(regs, error_code);
+}
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