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authorBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2014-05-05 20:33:10 +1000
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2014-05-05 20:57:12 +1000
commitf6869e7fe657bd977e72954cd78c5871a6a4f71d (patch)
tree1e34a4bb36cde4b541d7344599e65b541bb4bee7 /arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
parent5a4e58bc693f04aa650219784e5e339e0db6b902 (diff)
parentcec4b7eaf09d330e94e8e94133d360e6f1855974 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'anton/abiv2' into next
This series adds support for building the powerpc 64-bit LE kernel using the new ABI v2. We already supported running ABI v2 userspace programs but this adds support for building the kernel itself using the new ABI.
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c17
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 31d021506d2..2ae1b99166c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
#include <asm/firmware.h>
#endif
+#include <asm/code-patching.h>
#include <linux/kprobes.h>
#include <linux/kdebug.h>
@@ -1108,7 +1109,9 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
struct thread_info *ti = (void *)task_stack_page(p);
memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
childregs->gpr[1] = sp + sizeof(struct pt_regs);
- childregs->gpr[14] = usp; /* function */
+ /* function */
+ if (usp)
+ childregs->gpr[14] = ppc_function_entry((void *)usp);
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_32BIT);
childregs->softe = 1;
@@ -1187,17 +1190,7 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR))
p->thread.ppr = INIT_PPR;
#endif
- /*
- * The PPC64 ABI makes use of a TOC to contain function
- * pointers. The function (ret_from_except) is actually a pointer
- * to the TOC entry. The first entry is a pointer to the actual
- * function.
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
- kregs->nip = *((unsigned long *)f);
-#else
- kregs->nip = (unsigned long)f;
-#endif
+ kregs->nip = ppc_function_entry(f);
return 0;
}