ldstub [addr], reg incorrectly reads a signed byte from memory which causes
problems in the 32-bit Solaris mutex code. Here the byte value being read is
0xff which is incorrectly sign-extended to 0xffffffff before being written back
to the target register causing lock detection to behave incorrectly.
This fixes the intermittent hangs and MUTEX_HELD warnings issued to the
console when running 32-bit Solaris images under qemu-system-sparc.
With thanks to Joseph Dery for providing a condensed test image to consistently
reproduce the problem on demand, and Martin Husemann for allowing me access to
real hardware for comparison.
Signed-off-by: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk>
Reviewed-By: Artyom Tarasenko <atar4qemu@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk>
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