Re: [PATCH 14/17] arm64: add __nocfi to functions that jump to a physical address

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On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 04:49:16PM -0800, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> Disable CFI checking for functions that switch to linear mapping and
> make an indirect call to a physical address, since the compiler only
> understands virtual addresses and the CFI check for such indirect calls
> would always fail.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>

(I wonder if there is some value in a separate macro for "makes a PA
call"? Might other things care about that besides just CFI?)

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
Kees Cook



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