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authorVineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>2015-02-27 16:45:08 +0530
committerVineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>2015-06-19 18:09:37 +0530
commit4bf4564b27db18c77c82840025fbfdb0e62406cf (patch)
tree10467d13ed06131826570c8eb0266d63af662ba0 /arch/arc
parenta8717d280879213eab8383e4a912d99514970e17 (diff)
ARC: entry.S: comments cleanup
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arc')
-rw-r--r--arch/arc/kernel/entry.S46
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
index b120f3e1e13e..bd6dc892c7a8 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/entry.S
@@ -322,13 +322,8 @@ ENTRY(EV_TLBProtV)
EXCEPTION_PROLOGUE
- ;---------(3) Save some more regs-----------------
- ; vineetg: Mar 6th: Random Seg Fault issue #1
- ; ecr and efa were not saved in case an Intr sneaks in
- ; after fake rtie
-
lr r2, [ecr]
- lr r0, [efa] ; Faulting Data address
+ lr r0, [efa] ; Faulting Data addr (not part of pt_regs saved above)
; Exception auto-disables further Intr/exceptions.
; Re-enable them by pretending to return from exception
@@ -336,7 +331,7 @@ ENTRY(EV_TLBProtV)
FAKE_RET_FROM_EXCPN
- mov r1, sp
+ mov r1, sp ; Handle to pt_regs
;------ (5) Type of Protection Violation? ----------
;
@@ -415,8 +410,11 @@ ENTRY(EV_Extension)
b ret_from_exception
END(EV_Extension)
-;######################### System Call Tracing #########################
+;################ Trap Handling (Syscall, Breakpoint) ##################
+; ---------------------------------------------
+; syscall Tracing
+; ---------------------------------------------
tracesys:
; save EFA in case tracer wants the PC of traced task
; using ERET won't work since next-PC has already committed
@@ -459,10 +457,9 @@ tracesys_exit:
b ret_from_exception ; NOT ret_from_system_call at is saves r0 which
; we'd done before calling post hook above
-;################### Break Point TRAP ##########################
-
- ; ======= (5b) Trap is due to Break-Point =========
-
+; ---------------------------------------------
+; Breakpoint TRAP
+; ---------------------------------------------
trap_with_param:
; stop_pc info by gdb needs this info
@@ -490,36 +487,33 @@ trap_with_param:
b ret_from_exception
-;##################### Trap Handling ##############################
-;
-; EV_Trap caused by TRAP_S and TRAP0 instructions.
-;------------------------------------------------------------------
-; (1) System Calls
-; :parameters in r0-r7.
-; :r8 has the system call number
-; (2) Break Points
-;------------------------------------------------------------------
+; ---------------------------------------------
+; syscall TRAP
+; ABI: (r0-r7) upto 8 args, (r8) syscall number
+; ---------------------------------------------
ENTRY(EV_Trap)
EXCEPTION_PROLOGUE
- ;------- (4) What caused the Trap --------------
+ ;============ TRAP 1 :breakpoints
lr r10, [ecr]
bmsk.f 0, r10, 7
bnz trap_with_param
- ; ======= (5a) Trap is due to System Call ========
+ ;============ TRAP (no param): syscall top level
+ ; First return from Exception to pure K mode (Exception/IRQs renabled)
FAKE_RET_FROM_EXCPN
- ; If syscall tracing ongoing, invoke pre-pos-hooks
+ ; If syscall tracing ongoing, invoke pre-post-hooks
GET_CURR_THR_INFO_FLAGS r10
btst r10, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE
bnz tracesys ; this never comes back
- ;============ This is normal System Call case ==========
- ; Sys-call num shd not exceed the total system calls avail
+ ;============ Normal syscall case
+
+ ; syscall num shd not exceed the total system calls avail
cmp r8, NR_syscalls
mov.hi r0, -ENOSYS
bhi ret_from_system_call