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Commit ed84b4e9 authored by Mark Rutland's avatar Mark Rutland
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arm64: move non-entry code out of .entry.text



Currently, cpu_switch_to and ret_from_fork both live in .entry.text,
though neither form the critical path for an exception entry.

In subsequent patches, we will require that code in .entry.text is part
of the critical path for exception entry, for which we can assume
certain properties (e.g. the presence of exception regs on the stack).

Neither cpu_switch_to nor ret_from_fork will meet these requirements, so
we must move them out of .entry.text. To ensure that neither are kprobed
after being moved out of .entry.text, we must explicitly blacklist them,
requiring a new NOKPROBE() asm helper.

Signed-off-by: default avatarMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
parent 2d0e751a
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