This patch changes the ARM system calls to use registers for passing
or arguments. This removes the possibility of stack issues when
callers do not adhere to the AAPCS.
Fixes#6802
Signed-off-by: Andy Gross <andy.gross@linaro.org>
During the transition of privilege levels while performing syscalls,
the ARM documentation recommends flushing the pipeline to avoid
pre-fetched instructions from being executed with the previous
privilege level.
The manual says:
4.16 CONTROL register
(...) after programming the CONTROL register, an ISB instruction
should be used.
(...) This is not implemented in the Cortex M0 processor.
Signed-off-by: Leandro Pereira <leandro.pereira@intel.com>
This patch reworks the current ARM __swap() function into a C function.
Due to some issues with using svc calls withing fault handlers, we
needed to change the way we initiate a swap by removing the dependence
on svc #0.
Before __swap() is called, the system has already done an irq_lock().
Upon return from __swap(), the equivalent of an irq_lock() is done due
to restoration of the key value from the irq_lock preceeding the call.
For ARM V6M (M0/M0+), the pendsv bit is toggled and the irqs are
enabled. There is no priority masking in v6m, so it's just a global
enable. For ARM V7M, the priority mask has to be set to 0x0 to allow
for the pendsv IRQ to be taken. This is done for both via a call to
irq_unlock(0).
After this unlock, a pendsv irq will be taken, either at the tail end
of the current irq handling if we are in handler mode, or immediately
due to the pendsv being asserted (no other outstanding irqs). The next
thread will be scheduled.
Upon return from the context switch to the original
thread, the priority mask will already be correct due to the pendsv
processing.
Signed-off-by: Andy Gross <andy.gross@linaro.org>
