Re: [PATCH] ArmPkg/DefaultExceptionHandlerLib ARM: avoid endless loop in RELEASE builds

[Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 02:25:10PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Ensure that we prevent the CPU from proceeding after having taken an
> unhandled exception on a RELEASE build, which does not contain the
> ASSERT() which ensures this on DEBUG and NOOPT builds.

Sounds like a good idea.
Some silly questions below:

> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
> ---
>  ArmPkg/Library/DefaultExceptionHandlerLib/Arm/DefaultExceptionHandler.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/ArmPkg/Library/DefaultExceptionHandlerLib/Arm/DefaultExceptionHandler.c b/ArmPkg/Library/DefaultExceptionHandlerLib/Arm/DefaultExceptionHandler.c
> index 0b9da031b47d..9d96d5aabd96 100644
> --- a/ArmPkg/Library/DefaultExceptionHandlerLib/Arm/DefaultExceptionHandler.c
> +++ b/ArmPkg/Library/DefaultExceptionHandlerLib/Arm/DefaultExceptionHandler.c
> @@ -267,10 +267,15 @@ DefaultExceptionHandler (
>    DEBUG ((EFI_D_ERROR, "\n"));
>    ASSERT (FALSE);
>  
> +  if (!PcAdjust) {

Won't this always be 0 for a RELEASE build? (By convention if nothing else.)
And won't we already have ASSERTed in any other case?

> +    CpuDeadLoop ();
> +  }
> +
>    // Clear the error registers that we have already displayed incase some one wants to keep going
>    SystemContext.SystemContextArm->DFSR = 0;
>    SystemContext.SystemContextArm->IFSR = 0;
>  
>    // If some one is stepping past the exception handler adjust the PC to point to the next instruction
>    SystemContext.SystemContextArm->PC += PcAdjust;
> +

Hmm?

/
    Leif

>  }
> -- 
> 2.19.2
>