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Message-Id: <20191206221351.38241-5-samitolvanen@google.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 14:13:40 -0800
From: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
To: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>, clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 04/15] arm64: kernel: avoid x18 in __cpu_soft_restart
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
The code in __cpu_soft_restart() uses x18 as an arbitrary temp register,
which will shortly be disallowed. So use x8 instead.
Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9836877/
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
[Sami: updated commit message]
Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/cpu-reset.S | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu-reset.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu-reset.S
index 6ea337d464c4..32c7bf858dd9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu-reset.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu-reset.S
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ ENTRY(__cpu_soft_restart)
mov x0, #HVC_SOFT_RESTART
hvc #0 // no return
-1: mov x18, x1 // entry
+1: mov x8, x1 // entry
mov x0, x2 // arg0
mov x1, x3 // arg1
mov x2, x4 // arg2
- br x18
+ br x8
ENDPROC(__cpu_soft_restart)
.popsection
--
2.24.0.393.g34dc348eaf-goog
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