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authorArd Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>2016-01-01 15:02:12 +0100
committerCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>2016-02-24 14:57:26 +0000
commit6c94f27ac847ff8ef15b3da5b200574923bd6287 (patch)
treee7a5384289c44b3d10a0ffb92dd7fb912998cfa6 /arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
parenta272858a3c1ecd4a935ba23c66668f81214bd110 (diff)
arm64: switch to relative exception tables
Instead of using absolute addresses for both the exception location and the fixup, use offsets relative to the exception table entry values. Not only does this cut the size of the exception table in half, it is also a prerequisite for KASLR, since absolute exception table entries are subject to dynamic relocation, which is incompatible with the sorting of the exception table that occurs at build time. This patch also introduces the _ASM_EXTABLE preprocessor macro (which exists on x86 as well) and its _asm_extable assembly counterpart, as shorthands to emit exception table entries. Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
index ba5aff6c830e..70f7b9e04598 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
@@ -94,12 +94,19 @@
dmb \opt
.endm
+/*
+ * Emit an entry into the exception table
+ */
+ .macro _asm_extable, from, to
+ .pushsection __ex_table, "a"
+ .align 3
+ .long (\from - .), (\to - .)
+ .popsection
+ .endm
+
#define USER(l, x...) \
9999: x; \
- .section __ex_table,"a"; \
- .align 3; \
- .quad 9999b,l; \
- .previous
+ _asm_extable 9999b, l
/*
* Register aliases.