[PATCH] ARM: fix Thumb2 regression with Spectre BHB

Russell King (Oracle) linux at armlinux.org.uk
Fri Mar 11 09:11:40 PST 2022


On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 05:08:07PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> When building for Thumb2, the vectors make use of a local label. Sadly,
> the Spectre BHB code also uses a local label with the same number which
> results in the Thumb2 reference pointing at the wrong place. Fix this
> by changing the number used for the Spectre BHB local label.
> 
> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan at kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk>

Hmm, let me resend this with a Fixes tag and Cc stable!

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