objtool: Explicitly avoid self modifying code in .altinstr_replacement
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:01:34 +0000 (14:01 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 23 Jul 2022 10:53:50 +0000 (12:53 +0200)
commitc9fd00d8e622a681cf0e39b0844e4da85364d6c4
tree2fb2d170f3c1042eeda86f768d4893a0f5348c5d
parent29e6b52efca13369e8ce35abeabbcb105554c0f0
objtool: Explicitly avoid self modifying code in .altinstr_replacement

commit dd003edeffa3cb87bc9862582004f405d77d7670 upstream.

Assume ALTERNATIVE()s know what they're doing and do not change, or
cause to change, instructions in .altinstr_replacement sections.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120309.722511775@infradead.org
[cascardo: context adjustment]
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
tools/objtool/check.c