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-rw-r--r--target-arm/helper.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/target-arm/helper.c b/target-arm/helper.c
index 18c82967d3..935f13b7ed 100644
--- a/target-arm/helper.c
+++ b/target-arm/helper.c
@@ -5490,9 +5490,16 @@ void cpsr_write(CPUARMState *env, uint32_t val, uint32_t mask,
     env->daif |= val & CPSR_AIF & mask;
 
     if (write_type != CPSRWriteRaw &&
-        (env->uncached_cpsr & CPSR_M) != CPSR_USER &&
         ((env->uncached_cpsr ^ val) & mask & CPSR_M)) {
-        if (bad_mode_switch(env, val & CPSR_M, write_type)) {
+        if ((env->uncached_cpsr & CPSR_M) == ARM_CPU_MODE_USR) {
+            /* Note that we can only get here in USR mode if this is a
+             * gdb stub write; for this case we follow the architectural
+             * behaviour for guest writes in USR mode of ignoring an attempt
+             * to switch mode. (Those are caught by translate.c for writes
+             * triggered by guest instructions.)
+             */
+            mask &= ~CPSR_M;
+        } else if (bad_mode_switch(env, val & CPSR_M, write_type)) {
             /* Attempt to switch to an invalid mode: this is UNPREDICTABLE in
              * v7, and has defined behaviour in v8:
              *  + leave CPSR.M untouched