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authorSuzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>2016-09-09 14:07:11 +0100
committerWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>2016-09-09 15:03:28 +0100
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arm64: alternative: Disallow patching instructions using literals
The alternative code patching doesn't check if the replaced instruction uses a pc relative literal. This could cause silent corruption in the instruction stream as the instruction will be executed from a different address than what it was compiled for. Catch all such cases. Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> Cc: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Suggested-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
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