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Anshuman Khandual
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HWCAP name arrays (hwcap_str, compat_hwcap_str, compat_hwcap2_str) that are scanned for /proc/cpuinfo are detached from their bit definitions making it vulnerable and difficult to correlate. It is also bit problematic because during /proc/cpuinfo dump these arrays get traversed sequentially assuming they reflect and match actual HWCAP bit sequence, to test various features for a given CPU. This redefines name arrays per their HWCAP bit definitions . It also warns after detecting any feature which is not expected on arm64. Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <[email protected]> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <[email protected]> Cc: Catalin Marinas <[email protected]> Cc: Will Deacon <[email protected]> Cc: Mark Brown <[email protected]> Cc: Dave Martin <[email protected]> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]> Cc: Mark Rutland <[email protected]> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <[email protected]>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.