[PATCH v2 16/18] arm64: entry: Add fake CPU feature for unmapping the kernel at EL0
Mark Rutland
mark.rutland at arm.com
Fri Dec 1 05:55:30 PST 2017
On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 04:39:44PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> -#ifndef CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
> - eret
> -#else
> .if \el == 0
> +alternative_insn eret, nop, ARM64_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
Since we patch this eret ...
> +#ifdef CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
> +alternative_if ARM64_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
> bne 4f
> msr far_el1, x30
> tramp_alias x30, tramp_exit_native
> @@ -334,10 +336,11 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
> 4:
> tramp_alias x30, tramp_exit_compat
> br x30
> +alternative_else_nop_endif
> +#endif
... we don't need the alternative here. This code won't be executed when
not needed, and the alternative just bloats the kernel.
We can/should keep the ifdef, though.
Thanks,
Mark.
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