linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 03/21] powerpc/8xx: exception InstructionAccess does not exist on MPC8xx

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Date:	Fri, 19 Sep 2014 10:36:06 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>,
	scottwood@...escale.com
Subject: [PATCH v4 03/21] powerpc/8xx: exception InstructionAccess does not exist on MPC8xx

Exception InstructionAccess does not exist on MPC8xx. No need to branch there from somewhere else. 
Handling can be done directly in InstructionTLBError Exception.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>

---
Changes in v2:
- None

Changes in v3:
- arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c uses the vector number, so make sure it understand
the new ones.

Changes in v4:
- Removing the change to mm/fault.c, faking the exception id to make mm/fault
think it comes from InstructionAccess.

 arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S | 15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
index 3af6db1..ec1958f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
@@ -234,15 +234,10 @@ DataAccess:
 	EXC_XFER_LITE(0x300, handle_page_fault)
 
 /* Instruction access exception.
- * This is "never generated" by the MPC8xx.  We jump to it for other
- * translation errors.
+ * This is "never generated" by the MPC8xx.
  */
 	. = 0x400
 InstructionAccess:
-	EXCEPTION_PROLOG
-	mr	r4,r12
-	mr	r5,r9
-	EXC_XFER_LITE(0x400, handle_page_fault)
 
 /* External interrupt */
 	EXCEPTION(0x500, HardwareInterrupt, do_IRQ, EXC_XFER_LITE)
@@ -382,7 +377,7 @@ InstructionTLBMiss:
 #endif
 	mfspr	r10, SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH2
 	EXCEPTION_EPILOG_0
-	b	InstructionAccess
+	b	InstructionTLBError
 
 	. = 0x1200
 DataStoreTLBMiss:
@@ -477,7 +472,11 @@ DataStoreTLBMiss:
  */
 	. = 0x1300
 InstructionTLBError:
-	b	InstructionAccess
+	EXCEPTION_PROLOG
+	mr	r4,r12
+	mr	r5,r9
+	/* 0x400 is InstructionAccess exception, needed by bad_page_fault() */
+	EXC_XFER_LITE(0x400, handle_page_fault)
 
 /* This is the data TLB error on the MPC8xx.  This could be due to
  * many reasons, including a dirty update to a pte.  We can catch that
-- 
2.1.0

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