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SubjectRe: [PATCH] arm64/bpf: use movn/movk/movk sequence to generate kernel addresses
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On 11/27/2018 07:24 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> On 11/27/2018 07:22 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
>> Hi Ard,
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 06:29:02PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>>> On arm64, all executable code is guaranteed to reside in the vmalloc
>>> space (or the module space), and so jump targets will only use 48
>>> bits at most, and the remaining bits are guaranteed to be 0x1.
>>>
>>> This means we can generate an immediate jump address using a sequence
>>> of one MOVN (move wide negated) and two MOVK instructions, where the
>>> first one sets the lower 16 bits but also sets all top bits to 0x1.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>
>> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
>>
>> Denial, Alexei, shall I take this via arm64, or would you rather take
>> it via davem?
>
> Yeah we can take it via bpf trees, thanks.

And now applied, thanks!

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