Panic in quirk_usb_early_handoff
Mason
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Sat Mar 4 09:29:46 PST 2017
On 04/03/2017 18:16, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> After pc, the link register is the most likely to legally point into
> the kernel .text section so it makes sense imo to decode the address
> into a function name plus offset.
Does gcc ever use the link register as a general purpose register?
(In which case, it is very likely to contain "garbage" as far as
function addresses are concerned.)
> Educating people about the architecture's calling convention and
> associated caveats is not the job of the panic handler.
That's a weird statement.
Regards.
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