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Fix sentry paragraph for jump instructions #287

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14 changes: 6 additions & 8 deletions src/cap-description.adoc
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Expand Up @@ -280,15 +280,13 @@ it via a superset capability with <<CBLD>>. {cheri_base_ext_name} does not offer
an unseal instruction.

For code capabilities, the sealing bit is used to implement immutable
capabilities that describe function entry points. Such capabilities can be leveraged
to establish a form of control-flow integrity between mutually distrusting code. These
capabilities are known as sealed entry (sentry) capabilities. A program may jump to a
sentry capability to begin executing the instructions it references. The jump
instruction automatically unseals the capability and installs it to the
capabilities that describe function entry points, known as sealed entry (sentry) capabilities. Such capabilities can be leveraged
to establish a form of control-flow integrity between mutually distrusting code. A program may jump to a
sentry capability to begin executing the instructions it references. The <<JALR>>
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instruction automatically unseals a sentry target capability with zero offset and installs it to the
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program counter capability (see
xref:section_riscv_programmers_model[xrefstyle=short]). The <<JALR>> instruction
also seals the return address capability (if any) since it is the entry point
to the caller function.
xref:section_riscv_programmers_model[xrefstyle=short]). The jump instructions
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also seal the return address capability which serves as an entry point the caller can jump back to but cannot use to authorize memory loads or stores.
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[#section_cap_bounds]
==== Bounds (EF, T, TE, B, BE)
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions src/riscv-integration.adoc
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Expand Up @@ -242,13 +242,13 @@ to the base behaviour as described below.
<<JAL>> sign-extends the offset and adds it to the address of
the jump instruction to form the target address. The target address is
installed in the address field of <<pcc>>. The capability with the address of the
instruction following the jump (<<pcc>> + 4) is written to a *c* register.
instruction following the jump (<<pcc>> + 4) is sealed and written to a *c* register.

<<JALR>>
allows unconditional jumps to a target capability. The target capability is
allows unconditional, indirect jumps to a target capability. The target capability is
obtained by incrementing the capability in the *c* register operand by the
sign-extended 12-bit immediate if the immediate is not zero, then setting the
least significant bit of the result to zero, then unsealing. The capability
sign-extended 12-bit offset, then setting the
least significant bit of the result to zero. The target capability is unsealed if it is a sentry with offset zero. The capability
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with the address of the instruction following the jump (<<pcc>> + 4) is sealed
and written to a *c* register.

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