Loading crypto/armv4cpuid.S +23 −6 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -3,6 +3,25 @@ .text .code 32 @ Special note about using .byte directives to encode instructions. @ Initial reason for hand-coding instructions was to allow module to @ be compilable by legacy tool-chains. At later point it was pointed @ out that since ARMv7, instructions are always encoded in little-endian @ order, therefore one has to opt for endian-neutral presentation. @ Contemporary tool-chains offer .inst directive for this purpose, @ but not legacy ones. Therefore .byte. But there is an exception, @ namely ARMv7-R profile still allows for big-endian encoding even for @ instructions. This raises the question what if probe instructions @ appear executable to such processor operating in big-endian order? @ They have to be chosen in a way that avoids this problem. As failed @ NEON probe disables a number of other probes we have to ensure that @ only NEON probe instruction doesn't appear executable in big-endian @ order, therefore 'vorr q8,q8,q8', and not some other register. The @ only probe that is not bypassed on failed NEON probe is _armv7_tick, @ where you'll spot 'mov r0,r6' that serves this purpose. Basic idea is @ that if fetched in alternative byte oder instruction should crash to @ denote lack of probed capability... .align 5 .global _armv7_neon_probe .type _armv7_neon_probe,%function Loading @@ -14,12 +33,10 @@ _armv7_neon_probe: .global _armv7_tick .type _armv7_tick,%function _armv7_tick: mrrc p15,1,r0,r1,c14 @ CNTVCT #if __ARM_ARCH__>=5 bx lr #else .word 0xe12fff1e @ bx lr #endif .byte 0x06,0x00,0xa0,0xe1 @ mov r0,r6 .byte 0x1e,0x0f,0x51,0xec @ mrrc p15,1,r0,r1,c14 @ CNTVCT .byte 0x1e,0xff,0x2f,0xe1 @ bx lr nop .size _armv7_tick,.-_armv7_tick .global _armv8_aes_probe Loading Loading
crypto/armv4cpuid.S +23 −6 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -3,6 +3,25 @@ .text .code 32 @ Special note about using .byte directives to encode instructions. @ Initial reason for hand-coding instructions was to allow module to @ be compilable by legacy tool-chains. At later point it was pointed @ out that since ARMv7, instructions are always encoded in little-endian @ order, therefore one has to opt for endian-neutral presentation. @ Contemporary tool-chains offer .inst directive for this purpose, @ but not legacy ones. Therefore .byte. But there is an exception, @ namely ARMv7-R profile still allows for big-endian encoding even for @ instructions. This raises the question what if probe instructions @ appear executable to such processor operating in big-endian order? @ They have to be chosen in a way that avoids this problem. As failed @ NEON probe disables a number of other probes we have to ensure that @ only NEON probe instruction doesn't appear executable in big-endian @ order, therefore 'vorr q8,q8,q8', and not some other register. The @ only probe that is not bypassed on failed NEON probe is _armv7_tick, @ where you'll spot 'mov r0,r6' that serves this purpose. Basic idea is @ that if fetched in alternative byte oder instruction should crash to @ denote lack of probed capability... .align 5 .global _armv7_neon_probe .type _armv7_neon_probe,%function Loading @@ -14,12 +33,10 @@ _armv7_neon_probe: .global _armv7_tick .type _armv7_tick,%function _armv7_tick: mrrc p15,1,r0,r1,c14 @ CNTVCT #if __ARM_ARCH__>=5 bx lr #else .word 0xe12fff1e @ bx lr #endif .byte 0x06,0x00,0xa0,0xe1 @ mov r0,r6 .byte 0x1e,0x0f,0x51,0xec @ mrrc p15,1,r0,r1,c14 @ CNTVCT .byte 0x1e,0xff,0x2f,0xe1 @ bx lr nop .size _armv7_tick,.-_armv7_tick .global _armv8_aes_probe Loading