Anshuman Khandual
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HWCAP name arrays (hwcap_str, compat_hwcap_str, compat_hwcap2_str) that are scanned for /proc/cpuinfo are detached from their bit definitions making it vulnerable and difficult to correlate. It is also bit problematic because during /proc/cpuinfo dump these arrays get traversed sequentially assuming they reflect and match actual HWCAP bit sequence, to test various features for a given CPU. This redefines name arrays per their HWCAP bit definitions . It also warns after detecting any feature which is not expected on arm64. Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Cc: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1599630535-29337-1-git-send-email-anshuman.khandual@arm.com Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.