Thread (2 messages) flat view 2 messages, 2 authors, 2011-12-19

Re: [PATCH] net: bpf_jit: fix an off-one bug in x86_64 cond jump target

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2011-12-19 20:49:02

From: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:39:08 +0100
From: Markus Kötter <redacted>

x86 jump instruction size is 2 or 5 bytes (near/long jump), not 2 or 6
bytes.

In case a conditional jump is followed by a long jump, conditional jump
target is one byte past the start of target instruction.

Signed-off-by: Markus Kötter <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!
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