Ard Biesheuvel
bdb85cd1d2
Now that we have switched to the small code model entirely, and reduced the extended KASLR range to 4 GB, we can be sure that the targets of relative branches that are out of range are in range for a ADRP/ADD pair, which is one instruction shorter than our current MOVN/MOVK/MOVK sequence, and is more idiomatic and so it is more likely to be implemented efficiently by micro-architectures. So switch over the ordinary PLT code and the special handling of the Cortex-A53 ADRP errata, as well as the ftrace trampline handling. Reviewed-by: Torsten Duwe <duwe@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> [will: Added a couple of comments in the plt equality check] Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.