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Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:53:45 +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 04/30] ARM: head-common.S: use PC-relative insn sequence for idmap creation

Replace the open coded PC relative offset calculations involving
__turn_mmu_on and __turn_mmu_on_end 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 04286fd9e09c..0a98aec0e39d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
@@ -227,11 +227,8 @@ __create_page_tables:
 	 * Create identity mapping to cater for __enable_mmu.
 	 * This identity mapping will be removed by paging_init().
 	 */
-	adr	r0, __turn_mmu_on_loc
-	ldmia	r0, {r3, r5, r6}
-	sub	r0, r0, r3			@ virt->phys offset
-	add	r5, r5, r0			@ phys __turn_mmu_on
-	add	r6, r6, r0			@ phys __turn_mmu_on_end
+	adr_l	r5, __turn_mmu_on		@ _pa(__turn_mmu_on)
+	adr_l	r6, __turn_mmu_on_end		@ _pa(__turn_mmu_on_end)
 	mov	r5, r5, lsr #SECTION_SHIFT
 	mov	r6, r6, lsr #SECTION_SHIFT
 
@@ -354,11 +351,6 @@ __create_page_tables:
 	ret	lr
 ENDPROC(__create_page_tables)
 	.ltorg
-	.align
-__turn_mmu_on_loc:
-	.long	.
-	.long	__turn_mmu_on
-	.long	__turn_mmu_on_end
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 	.text
-- 
2.11.0

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