On Mon, 7 Feb 2022 11:54:09 GMT, Andrew Haley <a...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Allocating FP is disabled for rop protection:
>>
>> aarch64.md has:
>> // r29 is not allocatable when PreserveFramePointer or ROP protection is on
>> if (PreserveFramePointer || VM_Version::use_rop_protection()) {
>>
>> I think that covers it.
>> What assertion would you want to check?
>
> If `UseROPProtection` is on, is there any reason not to set
> `PreserveFramePointer`, and assert here that it is set? It is a crucial
> assumption, so let's assert it.
PreserveFramePointer is doing some additional stuff. I'll give it a test to
make sure everything still works with PreserveFramePointer fully set. It would
make things easier just to force it set with rop protection on.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6334
