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Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 16:18:16 +0100
From: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
To: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] initialize SCTRL2_ELx
Hi,
On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 06:24:03PM +0100, Yeoreum Yun wrote:
> This series introduces initial support for the SCTLR2_ELx registers in Linux.
> The feature is optional starting from ARMv8.8/ARMv9.3,
> and becomes mandatory from ARMv8.9/ARMv9.4.
>
> Currently, Linux has no strict need to modify SCTLR2_ELx--
> at least assuming that firmware initializes
> these registers to reasonable defaults.
>
> However, several upcoming architectural features will require configuring
> control bits in these registers.
> Notable examples include FEAT_PAuth_LR and FEAT_CPA2.
This looks OK to me now, except for one or two minor issues (see
replies to the patches).
I think we will need a way of testing all the code paths before this
should be merged, though.
Have you tested all the code paths, or are there some things that have
not been tested?
Since this code is not useful by itself, it may make sense to delay
merging it until we have patches for a feature that depends on SCTLR2.
Cheers
---Dave
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