linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: cpufeature: Add "or" to mitigations for multiple errata

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Date:   Tue, 12 May 2020 18:40:37 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: cpufeature: Add "or" to mitigations for multiple errata

On Tue, 12 May 2020 16:52:55 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Several actions are not mitigations for a single erratum, but for
> multiple errata.  However, printing a line like
> 
>     CPU features: detected: ARM errata 1165522, 1530923
> 
> may give the false impression that all three listed errata have been
> detected.  This can confuse the user, who may think his Cortex-A55 is
> suddenly affected by a Cortex-A76 erratum.
> 
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/kconfig), thanks!

[1/1] arm64: cpufeature: Add "or" to mitigations for multiple errata
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/357dd8a2aff2

Cheers,
-- 
Will

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