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Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:22:39 +0100
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
Cc: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>,
Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/30] ARM: assembler: introduce adr_l, ldr_l and str_l macros
On 14 August 2017 at 17:18, Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2017, Dave Martin wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 04:38:02PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> > That's a trick, actually, which I failed to add a comment for.
>
> Shame shame shame !
>
>> > We use .arm sections in the thumb2 kernel, and using these macros
>> > there would result in the wrong offset to be used. Adding the .w
>> > suffix forces an error in the assembler which even results in a fairly
>> > meaningful error message complaining about using .w in ARM code.
>>
>> Ewww... I think it'd be best to add a comment explaining that.
>
> Absolutely!
>
Yeah, mea culpa.
But if people have better ideas how to avoid this situation, I am all ears.
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