RFA: Fix linux syscall stubs for Thumb
Jeff Johnston
jjohnstn@redhat.com
Mon Oct 26 10:02:00 GMT 2009
Yes, please go ahead. You don't require permission to fix arm/thumb
problems.
-- Jeff J.
On 23/10/09 10:46 AM, Nick Clifton wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> The code in libgloss/arm/linux-syscalls0.S has some macros for
> working in Thumb mode which are totally bogus! It turns out that
> the ARM based macros work just as well in Thumb mode, so I would
> like to apply the attached patch to remove them.
>
> Tested (but not by me) by building a Thumb based linux toolchain.
>
> Cheers
> Nick
>
> libgloss/ChangeLog
> 2009-10-23 Nick Clifton<nickc@redhat.com>
>
> * arm/linux-syscalls0.S (SYSCALL0, SYSCALL3, SYSCALL6, SYSCALL4):
> Delete Thumb definitions - the ARM versions work correctly in
> Thumb mode.
>
> Index: libgloss/arm/linux-syscalls0.S
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/libgloss/arm/linux-syscalls0.S,v
> retrieving revision 1.5
> diff -c -3 -p -r1.5 linux-syscalls0.S
> *** libgloss/arm/linux-syscalls0.S 3 Oct 2006 16:33:50 -0000 1.5
> --- libgloss/arm/linux-syscalls0.S 23 Oct 2009 14:40:26 -0000
> ***************
> *** 19,65 ****
> #define GLOBAL(name) .global name; FUNC(name)
> #define SIZE(name) .size name, .-name
>
> - #if __thumb__
> -
> - # define SYSCALL0(name) \
> - GLOBAL(_ ## name); \
> - mov r12, r7; \
> - mov r7, #SYS_ ## name; \
> - swi; \
> - mov r7, r12; \
> - b _set_errno; \
> - SIZE(_ ## name)
> -
> - /* static int _syscall3(int a, int b, int c, int number); */
> - FUNC(_syscall3)
> - push { r7 }
> - mov r7, r3
> - swi
> - pop { r7 }
> - b _set_errno
> - SIZE(_syscall3)
> -
> - # define SYSCALL3(name) \
> - GLOBAL(_ ## name); \
> - mov r3, #SYS_ ## name; \
> - b _syscall3; \
> - SIZE(_ ## name)
> -
> - # define SYSCALL6(name) \
> - GLOBAL(_ ## name); \
> - push { r4 - r5, r7 }; \
> - ldr r4, [sp, #12]; \
> - ldr r5, [sp, #16]; \
> - mov r7, #SYS_ ## name; \
> - swi; \
> - pop { r4 - r5, r7 }; \
> - b _set_errno; \
> - SIZE(_ ## name)
> -
> - # define SYSCALL4(name) SYSCALL6(name)
> -
> - #else /* __thumb__ */
> -
> # define SYSCALL4(name) \
> GLOBAL(_ ## name); \
> swi #SYS_ ## name; \
> --- 19,24 ----
> *************** FUNC(_syscall3)
> *** 78,86 ****
>
> #define SYSCALL0(name) SYSCALL3(name)
> #define SYSCALL3(name) SYSCALL4(name)
> -
> - #endif /* __thumb__ */
> -
> #define SYSCALL1(name) SYSCALL3(name)
> #define SYSCALL2(name) SYSCALL3(name)
> #define SYSCALL5(name) SYSCALL6(name)
> --- 37,42 ----
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