ARMv7: Add support for the ThumbEE state saving/restoring
This patch adds the detection and handling of the ThumbEE extension on
ARMv7 CPUs.
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/thumbee.c b/arch/arm/kernel/thumbee.c
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+/*
+ * arch/arm/kernel/thumbee.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 ARM Limited
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
+#include <asm/thread_notify.h>
+
+/*
+ * Access to the ThumbEE Handler Base register
+ */
+static inline unsigned long teehbr_read()
+{
+ unsigned long v;
+ asm("mrc p14, 6, %0, c1, c0, 0\n" : "=r" (v));
+ return v;
+}
+
+static inline void teehbr_write(unsigned long v)
+{
+ asm("mcr p14, 6, %0, c1, c0, 0\n" : : "r" (v));
+}
+
+static int thumbee_notifier(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long cmd, void *t)
+{
+ struct thread_info *thread = t;
+
+ switch (cmd) {
+ case THREAD_NOTIFY_FLUSH:
+ thread->thumbee_state = 0;
+ break;
+ case THREAD_NOTIFY_SWITCH:
+ current_thread_info()->thumbee_state = teehbr_read();
+ teehbr_write(thread->thumbee_state);
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block thumbee_notifier_block = {
+ .notifier_call = thumbee_notifier,
+};
+
+static int __init thumbee_init(void)
+{
+ unsigned long pfr0;
+ unsigned int cpu_arch = cpu_architecture();
+
+ if (cpu_arch < CPU_ARCH_ARMv7)
+ return 0;
+
+ /* processor feature register 0 */
+ asm("mrc p15, 0, %0, c0, c1, 0\n" : "=r" (pfr0));
+ if ((pfr0 & 0x0000f000) != 0x00001000)
+ return 0;
+
+ printk(KERN_INFO "ThumbEE CPU extension supported.\n");
+ elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_THUMBEE;
+ thread_register_notifier(&thumbee_notifier_block);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+late_initcall(thumbee_init);
