---

yaml
---
r: 119802
b: refs/heads/master
c: baa745a
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 794baba637999b81aa40e60fae1fa91978e08808
+refs/heads/master: baa745a3378046ca1c5477495df6ccbec7690428

trunk/arch/arm/mm/alignment.c

@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ static unsigned long ai_dword;
 static unsigned long ai_multi;
 static int ai_usermode;
 
+#define UM_WARN		(1 << 0)
+#define UM_FIXUP	(1 << 1)
+#define UM_SIGNAL	(1 << 2)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 static const char *usermode_action[] = {
 	"ignored",
@@ -754,18 +758,18 @@ do_alignment(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
  user:
 	ai_user += 1;
 
-	if (ai_usermode & 1)
+	if (ai_usermode & UM_WARN)
 		printk("Alignment trap: %s (%d) PC=0x%08lx Instr=0x%0*lx "
 		       "Address=0x%08lx FSR 0x%03x\n", current->comm,
 			task_pid_nr(current), instrptr,
 		        thumb_mode(regs) ? 4 : 8,
 		        thumb_mode(regs) ? tinstr : instr,
 		        addr, fsr);
 
-	if (ai_usermode & 2)
+	if (ai_usermode & UM_FIXUP)
 		goto fixup;
 
-	if (ai_usermode & 4)
+	if (ai_usermode & UM_SIGNAL)
 		force_sig(SIGBUS, current);
 	else
 		set_cr(cr_no_alignment);
@@ -796,6 +800,22 @@ static int __init alignment_init(void)
 	res->write_proc = proc_alignment_write;
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * ARMv6 and later CPUs can perform unaligned accesses for
+	 * most single load and store instructions up to word size.
+	 * LDM, STM, LDRD and STRD still need to be handled.
+	 *
+	 * Ignoring the alignment fault is not an option on these
+	 * CPUs since we spin re-faulting the instruction without
+	 * making any progress.
+	 */
+	if (cpu_architecture() >= CPU_ARCH_ARMv6 && (cr_alignment & CR_U)) {
+		cr_alignment &= ~CR_A;
+		cr_no_alignment &= ~CR_A;
+		set_cr(cr_alignment);
+		ai_usermode = UM_FIXUP;
+	}
+
 	hook_fault_code(1, do_alignment, SIGILL, "alignment exception");
 	hook_fault_code(3, do_alignment, SIGILL, "alignment exception");