On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 at 20:27, Richard Henderson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 11/28/25 01:31, Peter Maydell wrote:
> > On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 at 04:38, Harald van Dijk <[email protected]> 
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> trans_BRA does
> >>
> >>      gen_a64_set_pc(s, dst);
> >>      set_btype_for_br(s, a->rn);
> >>
> >> gen_a64_set_pc does
> >>
> >>      s->pc_save = -1;
> >>
> >> set_btype_for_br (if aa64_bti is enabled and the register is not x16 or
> >> x17) does
> >>
> >>      gen_pc_plus_diff(s, pc, 0);
> >>
> >> gen_pc_plus_diff does
> >>
> >>      assert(s->pc_save != -1);
> >>
> >> Hence, this assert is getting hit. We need to call set_btype_for_br
> >> before gen_a64_set_pc, and there is nothing in set_btype_for_br that
> >> depends on gen_a64_set_pc having already been called, so this commit
> >> simply swaps the calls.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Harald van Dijk <[email protected]>
> >> ---
> >>   target/arm/tcg/translate-a64.c | 2 +-
> >>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/target/arm/tcg/translate-a64.c 
> >> b/target/arm/tcg/translate-a64.c
> >> index 08b21d7dbf..cde22a5cca 100644
> >> --- a/target/arm/tcg/translate-a64.c
> >> +++ b/target/arm/tcg/translate-a64.c
> >> @@ -1916,8 +1916,8 @@ static bool trans_BRA(DisasContext *s, arg_bra *a)
> >>           return false;
> >>       }
> >>       dst = auth_branch_target(s, cpu_reg(s,a->rn), cpu_reg_sp(s, a->rm), 
> >> !a->m);
> >> -    gen_a64_set_pc(s, dst);
> >>       set_btype_for_br(s, a->rn);
> >> +    gen_a64_set_pc(s, dst);
> >>       s->base.is_jmp = DISAS_JUMP;
> >>       return true;
> >>   }
> >
> > The commit message on commit 64678fc45d8f6 says
> >      The set_btype_for_br call must be moved after the gen_a64_set_pc
> >      call to ensure the current pc can still be computed.
> >
> > but I think that is incorrect and it meant to say "moved before",
> > because the actual code changes it makes to trans_BR() and
> > trans_BRAZ() are
> >
> > @@ -1521,8 +1528,8 @@ static void set_btype_for_blr(DisasContext *s)
> >
> >   static bool trans_BR(DisasContext *s, arg_r *a)
> >   {
> > -    gen_a64_set_pc(s, cpu_reg(s, a->rn));
> >       set_btype_for_br(s, a->rn);
> > +    gen_a64_set_pc(s, cpu_reg(s, a->rn));
> >       s->base.is_jmp = DISAS_JUMP;
> >       return true;
> >   }
> > @@ -1581,8 +1588,8 @@ static bool trans_BRAZ(DisasContext *s, arg_braz *a)
> >       }
> >
> >       dst = auth_branch_target(s, cpu_reg(s, a->rn), tcg_constant_i64(0), 
> > !a->m);
> > -    gen_a64_set_pc(s, dst);
> >       set_btype_for_br(s, a->rn);
> > +    gen_a64_set_pc(s, dst);
> >       s->base.is_jmp = DISAS_JUMP;
> >       return true;
> >   }
> >
> > which move the set_btype_for_br() call to before gen_a64_set_pc().
> >
> > So I think that we just forgot to also include trans_BRA() in
> > that change, and your patch here fixes that.
> >
> > Richard,  does that sound right?
>
> Yep.
>
> >
> > If so, this should be:
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Fixes: 64678fc45d8f6 ("target/arm: Fix BTI versus CF_PCREL")
> >
> > and you can have
> > Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <[email protected]>
>
> Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <[email protected]>


Applied to target-arm.next, thanks.

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