From 916c7f162da6fe638cd6a78d40ac64a83cf54e5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ali Saidi <Ali.Saidi@ARM.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:10:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: This panic can be hit during misspeculation so it can't
 exist.

---
 src/arch/arm/types.hh | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/arch/arm/types.hh b/src/arch/arm/types.hh
index 494e49f1f..e6865e280 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/types.hh
+++ b/src/arch/arm/types.hh
@@ -350,10 +350,9 @@ namespace ArmISA
             if (thumbEE) {
                 if (bits(newPC, 0)) {
                     newPC = newPC & ~mask(1);
-                } else {
-                    panic("Bad thumbEE interworking branch address %#x.\n",
-                            newPC);
-                }
+                }  // else we have a bad interworking address; do not call
+                   // panic() since the instruction could be executed
+                   // speculatively
             } else {
                 if (bits(newPC, 0)) {
                     nextThumb(true);
-- 
2.30.2