linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 23/39] arm64: Enable armv8.5-a asm-arch option

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Date:   Fri, 25 Sep 2020 11:16:44 +0100
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
Cc:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Evgenii Stepanov <eugenis@...gle.com>,
        Elena Petrova <lenaptr@...gle.com>,
        Branislav Rankov <Branislav.Rankov@....com>,
        Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 23/39] arm64: Enable armv8.5-a asm-arch option

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 12:50:30AM +0200, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> From: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
> 
> Hardware tag-based KASAN relies on Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) which
> is an armv8.5-a architecture extension.
> 
> Enable the correct asm option when the compiler supports it in order to
> allow the usage of ALTERNATIVE()s with MTE instructions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>