From 529d235a0e190ded1d21ccc80a73e625ebcad09b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Ellerman Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 21:35:16 +1100 Subject: powerpc: Add a proper syscall for switching endianness We currently have a "special" syscall for switching endianness. This is syscall number 0x1ebe, which is handled explicitly in the 64-bit syscall exception entry. That has a few problems, firstly the syscall number is outside of the usual range, which confuses various tools. For example strace doesn't recognise the syscall at all. Secondly it's handled explicitly as a special case in the syscall exception entry, which is complicated enough without it. As a first step toward removing the special syscall, we need to add a regular syscall that implements the same functionality. The logic is simple, it simply toggles the MSR_LE bit in the userspace MSR. This is the same as the special syscall, with the caveat that the special syscall clobbers fewer registers. This version clobbers r9-r12, XER, CTR, and CR0-1,5-7. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman --- arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c') diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c index b2702e87db0d..5fa92706444b 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c @@ -121,3 +121,20 @@ long ppc_fadvise64_64(int fd, int advice, u32 offset_high, u32 offset_low, return sys_fadvise64(fd, (u64)offset_high << 32 | offset_low, (u64)len_high << 32 | len_low, advice); } + +long sys_switch_endian(void) +{ + struct thread_info *ti; + + current->thread.regs->msr ^= MSR_LE; + + /* + * Set TIF_RESTOREALL so that r3 isn't clobbered on return to + * userspace. That also has the effect of restoring the non-volatile + * GPRs, so we saved them on the way in here. + */ + ti = current_thread_info(); + ti->flags |= _TIF_RESTOREALL; + + return 0; +} -- cgit