linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/18] arm64: Allow checking of a CPU-local erratum

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Message-ID: <20170322092228.GA30499@mai>
Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:22:28 +0100
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>,
        Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>,
        Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>,
        dann frazier <dann.frazier@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/18] arm64: Allow checking of a CPU-local erratum

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 05:48:12PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> this_cpu_has_cap() only checks the feature array, and not the errata
> one. In order to be able to check for a CPU-local erratum, allow it
> to inspect the latter as well.
> 
> This is consistent with cpus_have_cap()'s behaviour, which includes
> errata already.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
> ---

Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>

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