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-rw-r--r--nuttx/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/up_svcall.c26
-rw-r--r--nuttx/arch/arm/src/armv7-m/up_svcall.c24
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/nuttx/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/up_svcall.c b/nuttx/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/up_svcall.c
index e8aa977bd..aac16d489 100644
--- a/nuttx/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/up_svcall.c
+++ b/nuttx/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/up_svcall.c
@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@
* Description:
* Call the stub function corresponding to the system call.
*
+ * R0 - Need not be preserved until after the stub is called.
+ * R1-R3 - Need to be preserved until the stub is called. The values of
+ * R0 and R1 returned by the stub must be preserved.
+ * R4-R11 must be preserved to support the expectations of the user-space
+ * callee
+ * R12 - Need not be preserved
+ * R13 - (stack pointer)
+ * R14 - Need not be preserved
+ * R15 - (PC)
+ *
****************************************************************************/
#ifdef CONFIG_NUTTX_KERNEL
@@ -100,15 +110,13 @@ static void dispatch_syscall(void)
{
__asm__ __volatile__
(
- " push {r4-r6}\n" /* Save R4, R5 and R6 */
- " mov r6, r14\n" /* Save LR in R6 */
- " ldr r4, =g_stublookup\n" /* Get the base of the stub lookup table */
- " lsl r3, r0, #2\n" /* Get the offset of the stub for this syscall */
- " ldr r3, [r4, r3]\n" /* Load the entry of the stub for this syscall */
- " blx r3\n" /* Call the stub */
- " mov r14, r6\n" /* Restore R14 */
- " pop {r4-r6}\n" /* Restore R4, R5, and R6 */
- " mov r2, r0\n" /* Save the return value in R0 in R2 for now */
+ " push {r4}\n" /* Save R4 */
+ " ldr r4, =g_stublookup\n" /* R4=The base of the stub lookup table */
+ " lsl r0, r0, #2\n" /* R0=Offset of the stub for this syscall */
+ " ldr r4, [r4, r0]\n" /* R4=Address of the stub for this syscall */
+ " blx r5\n" /* Call the stub (modifies R14) */
+ " pop {r4}\n" /* Restore R4 */
+ " mov r2, r0\n" /* R2=Saves return value in R0 */
" mov r0, #3\n" /* R0=SYS_syscall_return */
" svc 0" /* Return from the syscall */
:::
diff --git a/nuttx/arch/arm/src/armv7-m/up_svcall.c b/nuttx/arch/arm/src/armv7-m/up_svcall.c
index 48ab00eba..078f85606 100644
--- a/nuttx/arch/arm/src/armv7-m/up_svcall.c
+++ b/nuttx/arch/arm/src/armv7-m/up_svcall.c
@@ -92,6 +92,18 @@
* Description:
* Call the stub function corresponding to the system call.
*
+ * Here we need to preserve registers:
+ *
+ * R0 - Need not be preserved until after the stub is called.
+ * R1-R3 - Need to be preserved until the stub is called. The values of
+ * R0 and R1 returned by the stub must be preserved.
+ * R4-R11 must be preserved to support the expectations of the user-space
+ * callee
+ * R12 - Need not be preserved
+ * R13 - (stack pointer)
+ * R14 - Need not be preserved
+ * R15 - (PC)
+ *
****************************************************************************/
#ifdef CONFIG_NUTTX_KERNEL
@@ -100,14 +112,10 @@ static void dispatch_syscall(void)
{
__asm__ __volatile__
(
- " push {r4, r5}\n" /* Save R4 and R5 */
- " mov r5, r14\n" /* Save LR in R5 */
- " ldr r4, =g_stublookup\n" /* Get the base of the stub lookup table */
- " ldr r4, [r4, r0, lsl #2]\n" /* Load the entry of the stub for this syscall */
- " blx r4\n" /* Call the stub */
- " mov r14, r5\n" /* Restore R14 */
- " pop {r4, r5}\n" /* Restore R4 and R5 */
- " mov r2, r0\n" /* Save the return value in R0 in R2 for now */
+ " ldr ip, =g_stublookup\n" /* R12=The base of the stub lookup table */
+ " ldr ip, [ip, r0, lsl #2]\n" /* R12=The address of the stub for this syscall */
+ " blx ip\n" /* Call the stub (modifies R14)*/
+ " mov r2, r0\n" /* R2=Saved return value in R0 */
" mov r0, #3\n" /* R0=SYS_syscall_return */
" svc 0" /* Return from the syscall */
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