Chris Friesen wrote:
I've got a function that is used to overwrite opcodes in order to create
self-modifying code. It worked just fine with previous compilers, but
with gcc 4.3 it seems like it sometimes (but not always) causes problems
when inlined. If I force it to never be inlined, it works fine.
First, here's the code:
void alter_opcode(unsigned long *addr, unsigned long opcode)
{
asm volatile(
"stw %1,0(%0) \n\t"
"dcbf 0,%0 \n\t"
"sync \n\t"
"icbi 0,%0, \n\t"
"isync \n\t"
:: "r" (addr), "r" (opcode): "memory");
}
The symptom of the problem is a segfault on the "stw" instruction. I've
verified that the address it's trying to write to is the expected
address,
Verified by looking at the address in "addr", or by looking at the
reported faulting address?
and that the opcode being written is the expected opcode.
I assume I've mixed up the registers or constraints or
something...anyone want to take a crack at it?
Is the compiler assigning r0 to addr? That will be treated as a literal
zero instead. Try changing "r" (addr) to "b" (addr), or use stwx.
-Scott
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