linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH for 5.2 10/10] rseq/selftests: mips: use break instruction for RSEQ

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Date:   Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:12:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:   Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
To:     Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH for 5.2 10/10] rseq/selftests: mips: use break
 instruction for RSEQ_SIG

----- On Apr 24, 2019, at 6:06 PM, Paul Burton paul.burton@...s.com wrote:

> Hi Mathieu,
> 
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:25:02AM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-mips.h
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-mips.h
>> index fe3eabcdcbe5..eb53a6adfbbb 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-mips.h
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-mips.h
>> @@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
>>   * (C) Copyright 2016-2018 - Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
>>   */
>>  
>> -#define RSEQ_SIG	0x53053053
>> +/*
>> + * RSEQ_SIG uses the break instruction. The instruction pattern is
>> + *	0350000d        break    0x350
>> + */
>> +#define RSEQ_SIG	0x0350000d
> 
> My apologies for taking a while to get back to you on the various ISAs &
> endian issues here, but I think we'll want this to be something like:
> 
> #if defined(__nanomips__)
> # ifdef __MIPSEL__
> #  define RSEQ_SIG	0x03500010
> # else
> #  define RSEQ_SIG	0x00100350
> # endif
> #elif defined(__mips_micromips)
> # ifdef __MIPSEL__
> #  define RSEQ_SIG	0xd4070000
> # else
> #  define RSEQ_SIG	0x0000d407
> # endif
> #else
> # define RSEQ_SIG	0x0350000d
> #endif
> 
> For plain old MIPS the .word directive will be fine endian-wise, but for
> microMIPS & nanoMIPS we need to take into account that the instruction
> stream is encoded as 16b halfwords & swap those accordingly for little
> endian.

Hi Paul,

Thanks for looking into it!

Does the following comment above the forest of #ifdef work for you ?

/*
 * RSEQ_SIG uses the break instruction. The instruction pattern is:
 *
 * On MIPS:
 *      0350000d        break     0x350
 *
 * On nanoMIPS32:
 *      00100350        break     0x350
 *
 * On microMIPS:
 *      0000d407        break     0x350
 *
 * For nanoMIPS32 and microMIPS, the instruction stream is encoded as 16-bit
 * halfwords, so the signature halfwords need to be swapped accordingly for
 * little-endian.
 */

Thanks,

Mathieu

-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
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http://www.efficios.com