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[PATCH] ARM: vfp: Fix up exception location in Thumb mode

From: Russell King - ARM Linux <hidden>
Date: 2011-01-14 16:52:39
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On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:24:52AM -0600, Dave Martin wrote:
Is the comment preceding __und_usr_unknown causing some confusion here?

/*
 * The FP module is called with these registers set:
 *  r0  = instruction
 *  r2  = PC+4
 ...

That reflects the ARM case only: for Thumb, r2 is always PC+2 (?)
Actually, referring to 'PC' here is confusing (and yes, I probably wrote
it) - does 'PC' refer to the address of the faulting instruction or the
current PC value...

Your '(?)' there is exactly the problem I'm referring to - I don't think
there's much of a clear idea really what's going on here...
The comment at the start of do_undefinstr() (which receives these
registers) is correct though:

	/*
	 * According to the ARM ARM, PC is 2 or 4 bytes ahead,
	 * depending whether we're in Thumb mode or not.
	 * Correct this offset.
The ARM ARM says that in order to return to the instruction which
generated the exception, subtract 2 bytes for thumb or 4 bytes for
ARM.

So, in order to point at the instruction which generated the exception,
we have to subtract this value from the PC value we were passed.  I
suggest changing this comment to:

	/*
	 * According to the ARM ARM, the PC is 2 or 4 bytes ahead
	 * depending on Thumb mode.  Correct this offset so that
	 * regs->ARM_pc points at the faulting instruction.
	 */
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