On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:12:17 +0530 Sandeepa Prabhu <sandeepa.pra...@linaro.org> wrote:
> > On aarch64, are instructions always word aligned? If not, it should be > > safe for stop machine to modify non word aligned instructions, but this > > patch looks like it doesn't allow stop_machine() to do so. > Steve, > > Yes, aarch64 instructions must be word-aligned, else instruction fetch > would generate Misaligned PC fault. > Thanks for clarifying, as IIUC, there's ARM architectures that allow for 2 and 4 byte instructions. -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
