[PATCH v2 2/2] arm64: insn: drop NOP from steppable hint list

Khaja Hussain Shaik Khaji
2026-02-17T13:39:31Z

NOP is already handled via instruction emulation and does not require
single-stepping. Drop it from aarch64_insn_is_steppable_hint().

Signed-off-by: Khaja Hussain Shaik Khaji <khaja.khaji@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
index e1d30ba99d01..9429f76906e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
@@ -456,7 +456,6 @@ static __always_inline bool aarch64_insn_is_steppable_hint(u32 insn)
case AARCH64_INSN_HINT_BTIC:
case AARCH64_INSN_HINT_BTIJ:
case AARCH64_INSN_HINT_BTIJC:
- case AARCH64_INSN_HINT_NOP:
return true;
default:
return false;
--
2.34.1