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2016-06-14powerpc: Define and use PPC64_ELF_ABI_v2/v1Michael Ellerman1-6/+4
We're approaching 20 locations where we need to check for ELF ABI v2. That's fine, except the logic is a bit awkward, because we have to check that _CALL_ELF is defined and then what its value is. So check it once in asm/types.h and define PPC64_ELF_ABI_v2 when ELF ABI v2 is detected. We also have a few places where what we're really trying to check is that we are using the 64-bit v1 ABI, ie. function descriptors. So also add a #define for that, which simplifies several checks. Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
2016-03-07powerpc/ftrace: Add support for -mprofile-kernel ftrace ABITorsten Duwe1-0/+21
The gcc switch -mprofile-kernel defines a new ABI for calling _mcount() very early in the function with minimal overhead. Although mprofile-kernel has been available since GCC 3.4, there were bugs which were only fixed recently. Currently it is known to work in GCC 4.9, 5 and 6. Additionally there are two possible code sequences generated by the flag, the first uses mflr/std/bl and the second is optimised to omit the std. Currently only gcc 6 has the optimised sequence. This patch supports both sequences. Initial work started by Vojtech Pavlik, used with permission. Key changes: - rework _mcount() to work for both the old and new ABIs. - implement new versions of ftrace_caller() and ftrace_graph_caller() which deal with the new ABI. - updates to __ftrace_make_nop() to recognise the new mcount calling sequence. - updates to __ftrace_make_call() to recognise the nop'ed sequence. - implement ftrace_modify_call(). - updates to the module loader to surpress the toc save in the module stub when calling mcount with the new ABI. Reviewed-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Torsten Duwe <duwe@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
2014-06-24powerpc: Add ppc_global_function_entry()Michael Ellerman1-0/+11
ABIv2 has the concept of a global and local entry point to a function. In most cases we are interested in the local entry point, and so that is what ppc_function_entry() returns. However we have a case in the ftrace code where we want the global entry point, and there may be other places we need it too. Rather than special casing each, add an accessor. For ABIv1 and 32-bit there is only a single entry point, so we return that. That means it's safe for the caller to use this without also checking the ABI version. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
2014-04-23powerpc: Add ABIv2 support to ppc_function_entryAnton Blanchard1-4/+36
Skip over the well known global entry point code for ABIv2. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
2013-12-02powerpc: Move the patch_exception to a common placeKevin Hao1-0/+7
So that it can be used by other codes. No function change. Signed-off-by: Kevin Hao <haokexin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
2012-07-03powerpc: Have patch_instruction detect faultsSteven Rostedt1-2/+2
For ftrace to use the patch_instruction code, it needs to check for faults on write. Ftrace updates code all over the kernel, and we need to know if code is updated or not due to protections that are placed on some portions of the kernel. If ftrace does not detect a fault, it will error later on, and it will be much more difficult to find the problem. By changing patch_instruction() to detect faults, then ftrace will be able to make use of it too. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
2009-02-23powerpc: Unify opcode definitions and supportKumar Gala1-3/+1
Create a new header that becomes a single location for defining PowerPC opcodes used by code that is either generationg instructions at runtime (fixups, debug, etc.), emulating instructions, or just compiling instructions old assemblers don't know about. We currently don't handle the floating point emulation or alignment decode as both are better handled by the specific decode support they already have. Added support for the new dcbzl, dcbal, msgsnd, tlbilx, & wait instructions since older assemblers don't know about them. Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
2008-08-04powerpc: Move include files to arch/powerpc/include/asmStephen Rothwell1-0/+54
from include/asm-powerpc. This is the result of a mkdir arch/powerpc/include/asm git mv include/asm-powerpc/* arch/powerpc/include/asm Followed by a few documentation/comment fixups and a couple of places where <asm-powepc/...> was being used explicitly. Of the latter only one was outside the arch code and it is a driver only built for powerpc. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>