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Message-Id: <20170814125411.22604-8-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:53:48 +0100
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Dave Martin <dave.martin@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 07/30] ARM: head: use PC-relative insn sequence for __smp_alt

Replace the open coded PC relative offset calculations with a pair
of adr_l invocations. This ensures these quantities are invariant
under runtime relocation.

Cc: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/head.S | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
index ec22f42fd8bb..db6b823f20a4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
@@ -523,19 +523,11 @@ ARM_BE8(rev	r0, r0)			@ byteswap if big endian
 	retne	lr
 
 __fixup_smp_on_up:
-	adr	r0, 1f
-	ldmia	r0, {r3 - r5}
-	sub	r3, r0, r3
-	add	r4, r4, r3
-	add	r5, r5, r3
+	adr_l	r4, __smpalt_begin
+	adr_l	r5, __smpalt_end
 	b	__do_fixup_smp_on_up
 ENDPROC(__fixup_smp)
 
-	.align
-1:	.word	.
-	.word	__smpalt_begin
-	.word	__smpalt_end
-
 	.pushsection .data
 	.globl	smp_on_up
 smp_on_up:
-- 
2.11.0

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