Re: [PATCH 5/7] targer/arm: Inform helpers whether a PAC instruction is 'combined'

2023-02-13 Thread Peter Maydell
On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 at 21:12, Aaron Lindsay wrote: > > An instruction is a 'combined' Pointer Authentication instruction if it > does something in addition to PAC - for instance, branching to or > loading an address from the authenticated pointer. Knowing whether a PAC > operation is 'combined' is

[PATCH 5/7] targer/arm: Inform helpers whether a PAC instruction is 'combined'

2023-02-02 Thread Aaron Lindsay
An instruction is a 'combined' Pointer Authentication instruction if it does something in addition to PAC - for instance, branching to or loading an address from the authenticated pointer. Knowing whether a PAC operation is 'combined' is needed to implement the FPACCOMBINE feature for ARMv8.3. Sig