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authorJiang Liu <liuj97@gmail.com>2014-01-07 22:17:11 +0800
committerCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>2014-01-08 15:21:29 +0000
commit5c5bf25d4f7a950382f94fc120a5818197b48fe9 (patch)
treec5b7ade94cccaec0e8ab746a704f534b5748f4f6 /arch/arm64/kernel
parentc84fced8d990dd86c523233d38b4685a52a4fc3f (diff)
arm64: introduce aarch64_insn_gen_{nop|branch_imm}() helper functions
Introduce aarch64_insn_gen_{nop|branch_imm}() helper functions, which will be used to implement jump label on ARM64. Reviewed-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <liuj97@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c40
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
index 7df08075fc7..92f36835486 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/smp.h>
@@ -262,3 +263,42 @@ u32 __kprobes aarch64_insn_encode_immediate(enum aarch64_insn_imm_type type,
return insn;
}
+
+u32 __kprobes aarch64_insn_gen_branch_imm(unsigned long pc, unsigned long addr,
+ enum aarch64_insn_branch_type type)
+{
+ u32 insn;
+ long offset;
+
+ /*
+ * PC: A 64-bit Program Counter holding the address of the current
+ * instruction. A64 instructions must be word-aligned.
+ */
+ BUG_ON((pc & 0x3) || (addr & 0x3));
+
+ /*
+ * B/BL support [-128M, 128M) offset
+ * ARM64 virtual address arrangement guarantees all kernel and module
+ * texts are within +/-128M.
+ */
+ offset = ((long)addr - (long)pc);
+ BUG_ON(offset < -SZ_128M || offset >= SZ_128M);
+
+ if (type == AARCH64_INSN_BRANCH_LINK)
+ insn = aarch64_insn_get_bl_value();
+ else
+ insn = aarch64_insn_get_b_value();
+
+ return aarch64_insn_encode_immediate(AARCH64_INSN_IMM_26, insn,
+ offset >> 2);
+}
+
+u32 __kprobes aarch64_insn_gen_hint(enum aarch64_insn_hint_op op)
+{
+ return aarch64_insn_get_hint_value() | op;
+}
+
+u32 __kprobes aarch64_insn_gen_nop(void)
+{
+ return aarch64_insn_gen_hint(AARCH64_INSN_HINT_NOP);
+}