MIPS: cmpxchg: Error out on unsupported xchg() calls
xchg() has up until now simply returned the x parameter in cases where
it is called with a pointer to a value of an unsupported size. This will
often cause the calling code to hit a failure path, presuming that the
value of x differs from the content of the memory pointed at by ptr, but
we can do better by producing a compile-time or link-time error such
that unsupported calls to xchg() are detectable earlier than runtime.
This patch does this in the same was as is already done for cmpxchg(),
using a call to a missing function annotated with __compiletime_error().
Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/16351/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index ee0214e..fe652c3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@
# define __scbeqz "beqz"
#endif
+/*
+ * These functions doesn't exist, so if they are called you'll either:
+ *
+ * - Get an error at compile-time due to __compiletime_error, if supported by
+ * your compiler.
+ *
+ * or:
+ *
+ * - Get an error at link-time due to the call to the missing function.
+ */
+extern void __cmpxchg_called_with_bad_pointer(void)
+ __compiletime_error("Bad argument size for cmpxchg");
+extern unsigned long __xchg_called_with_bad_pointer(void)
+ __compiletime_error("Bad argument size for xchg");
+
#define __xchg_asm(ld, st, m, val) \
({ \
__typeof(*(m)) __ret; \
@@ -89,9 +104,9 @@ static inline unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void * ptr, int siz
return __xchg_u32(ptr, x);
case 8:
return __xchg_u64(ptr, x);
+ default:
+ return __xchg_called_with_bad_pointer();
}
-
- return x;
}
#define xchg(ptr, x) \
@@ -136,19 +151,6 @@ static inline unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void * ptr, int siz
__ret; \
})
-/*
- * This function doesn't exist, so if it is called you'll either:
- *
- * - Get an error at compile-time due to __compiletime_error, if supported by
- * your compiler.
- *
- * or:
- *
- * - Get an error at link-time due to the call to the missing function.
- */
-extern void __cmpxchg_called_with_bad_pointer(void)
- __compiletime_error("Bad argument size for cmpxchg");
-
#define __cmpxchg(ptr, old, new, pre_barrier, post_barrier) \
({ \
__typeof__(ptr) __ptr = (ptr); \