BMC/Intel-BMC/linux.git/arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S, branch dev

powerpc: Add a proper syscall for switching endianness

2015-03-28T11:03:40+00:00

We currently have a "special" syscall for switching endianness. This is syscall number 0x1ebe, which is handled explicitly in the 64-bit syscall exception entry. That has a few problems, firstly the syscall number is outside of the usual range, which confuses various tools. For example strace doesn't recognise the syscall at all. Secondly it's handled explicitly as a special case in the syscall exception entry, which is complicated enough without it. As a first step toward removing the special syscall, we need to add a regular syscall that implements the same functionality. The logic is simple, it simply toggles the MSR_LE bit in the userspace MSR. This is the same as the special syscall, with the caveat that the special syscall clobbers fewer registers. This version clobbers r9-r12, XER, CTR, and CR0-1,5-7. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman

powerpc: Use standard macros for sys_sigpending() & sys_old_getrlimit()

2014-07-28T04:09:23+00:00

Currently we have sys_sigpending and sys_old_getrlimit defined to use COMPAT_SYS() in systbl.h, but then both are #defined to sys_ni_syscall in systbl.S. This seems to have been done when ppc and ppc64 were merged, in commit 9994a33 "Introduce entry_{32,64}.S, misc_{32,64}.S, systbl.S". AFAICS there's no longer (or never was) any need for this, we can just use SYSX() for both and remove the #defines to sys_ni_syscall. The expansion before was: #define COMPAT_SYS(func) .llong .sys_##func,.compat_sys_##func #define sys_old_getrlimit sys_ni_syscall COMPAT_SYS(old_getrlimit) => .llong .sys_old_getrlimit,.compat_sys_old_getrlimit => .llong .sys_ni_syscall,.compat_sys_old_getrlimit After is: #define SYSX(f, f3264, f32) .llong .f,.f3264 SYSX(sys_ni_syscall, compat_sys_old_getrlimit, sys_old_getrlimit) => .llong .sys_ni_syscall,.compat_sys_old_getrlimit ie. they are equivalent. Finally both COMPAT_SYS() and SYSX() evaluate to sys_ni_syscall in the Cell SPU code. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Create DOTSYM to wrap dot symbol usage

2014-04-23T00:05:19+00:00

There are a few places we have to use dot symbols with the current ABI - the syscall table and the kvm hcall table. Wrap both of these with a new macro called DOTSYM so it will be easy to transition away from dot symbols in a future ABI. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard

powerpc: Don't use a function descriptor for system call table

2014-04-23T00:05:17+00:00

There is no need to create a function descriptor for the system call table. By using one we force the system call table into the text section and it really belongs in the rodata section. This also removes another use of dot symbols. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard

[POWERPC] Align the sys_call_table

2007-10-11T04:36:47+00:00

Our _GLOBAL macro does a ".align 2" so the alignment is fine for 32 bit, but on 64 bit it is possible for it to end up only 4 byte aligned. I don't know if it matters, but it can't hurt to 8 byte align it. It also means that when we build with --emit_relocs, none of our 64 bit relocations are to misaligned places. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras

Remove obsolete #include

2006-06-30T17:25:36+00:00

Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk

[POWERPC] Unify ppc syscall tables

2006-06-21T05:01:32+00:00

Avoid duplication of the syscall table for the cell platform. Based on an idea from David Woodhouse. Signed-off-by: Andreas Schwab Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras

[PATCH] powerpc: wire up sys_[gs]et_robust_list

2006-05-23T17:35:32+00:00

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Acked-by: Paul Mackerras Cc: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] powerpc: Wire up *at syscalls

2006-04-28T11:04:59+00:00

Wire up *at syscalls. This patch has been tested on ppc64 (using glibc's testsuite, both 32bit and 64bit), and compile-tested for ppc32 (I have currently no ppc32 system available, but I expect no problems). Signed-off-by: Andreas Schwab Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras

[PATCH] Add support for the sys_vmsplice syscall

2006-04-26T08:59:21+00:00

sys_splice() moves data to/from pipes with a file input/output. sys_vmsplice() moves data to a pipe, with the input being a user address range instead. This uses an approach suggested by Linus, where we can hold partial ranges inside the pages[] map. Hopefully this will be useful for network receive support as well. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe