linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] arm64/fp: Initialise all bits in vector control registers to known values

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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:04:55 +0000
From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] arm64/fp: Initialise all bits in vector control registers to known values

On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:32:44 +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> We currently do read/modify/write sequences whenever we update fields in
> ZCR_EL1 and SMCR_EL1 so fields we are not explicitly handling will not
> be initialised to known values, fix this.  The EL2 registers are already
> fully configured.
> 
> 

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

[1/2] arm64/sve: Ensure that all fields in ZCR_EL1 are set to known values
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/2f0090549b64
[2/2] arm64/sme: Ensure that all fields in SMCR_EL1 are set to known values
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/93576e349887

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Catalin