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Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] powerpc/module64: Use symbolic instructions names.

From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Date: 2019-07-08 00:56:55
Also in: lkml

Christophe Leroy [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
To increase readability/maintainability, replace hard coded
instructions values by symbolic names.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <redacted>
---
v3: fixed warning by adding () in an 'if' around X | Y (unlike said in v2 history, this change was forgotten in v2)
v2: rearranged comments

 arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
index c2e1b06253b8..b33a5d5e2d35 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
@@ -704,18 +711,21 @@ int apply_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
...
 			/*
 			 * If found, replace it with:
 			 *	addis r2, r12, (.TOC.-func)@ha
 			 *	addi r2, r12, (.TOC.-func)@l
 			 */
-			((uint32_t *)location)[0] = 0x3c4c0000 + PPC_HA(value);
-			((uint32_t *)location)[1] = 0x38420000 + PPC_LO(value);
+			((uint32_t *)location)[0] = PPC_INST_ADDIS | __PPC_RT(R2) |
+						    __PPC_RA(R12) | PPC_HA(value);
+			((uint32_t *)location)[1] = PPC_INST_ADDI | __PPC_RT(R2) |
+						    __PPC_RA(R12) | PPC_LO(value);
 			break;
This was crashing and it's amazing how long you can stare at a
disassembly and not see the difference between `r2` and `r12` :)

Fixed now.

cheers
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