[PATCH v4 01/21] arm64: Fix labels in el2_setup macros

David Brazdil dbrazdil at google.com
Mon Jan 18 06:13:41 EST 2021


On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 09:45:13AM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> If someone happens to write the following code:
> 
> 	b	1f
> 	init_el2_state	vhe
> 1:
> 	[...]
> 
> they will be in for a long debugging session, as the label "1f"
> will be resolved *inside* the init_el2_state macro instead of
> after it. Not really what one expects.
> 
> Instead, rewite the EL2 setup macros to use unambiguous labels,
> thanks to the usual macro counter trick.
> 
> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h | 24 ++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Acked-by: David Brazdil <dbrazdil at google.com>




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