[PATCH] ARM: 2664/2: add support for atomic ops on pre-ARMv6 SMP systems

Patch from Nicolas Pitre

Not that there might be many of them on the planet, but at least RMK
apparently has one.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index 4eb36155dc93..e14278d59882 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ __pabt_svc:
         add     r5, sp, #S_PC
         ldmia   r7, {r2 - r4}                   @ Get USR pc, cpsr
 
-#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 6
+#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 6 && !defined(CONFIG_NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG)
         @ make sure our user space atomic helper is aborted
         cmp     r2, #VIRT_OFFSET
         bichs   r3, r3, #PSR_Z_BIT
@@ -616,11 +616,17 @@ __kuser_helper_start:
 
 __kuser_cmpxchg:                                @ 0xffff0fc0
 
-#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 6
+#if defined(CONFIG_NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP  /* sanity check */
-#error "CONFIG_SMP on a machine supporting pre-ARMv6 processors?"
-#endif
+        /*
+         * Poor you.  No fast solution possible...
+         * The kernel itself must perform the operation.
+         * A special ghost syscall is used for that (see traps.c).
+         */
+        swi     #0x9ffff0
+        mov     pc, lr
+
+#elif __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 6
 
         /*
          * Theory of operation: