Re: [PATCH 3/5] arm64: mte: CPU feature detection for Asymm MTE
From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Mon Sep 20 2021 - 11:31:42 EST
On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 09:14:22AM +0100, Vincenzo Frascino wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> index f8a3067d10c6..a18774071a45 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> @@ -2317,6 +2317,16 @@ static const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_features[] = {
> .sign = FTR_UNSIGNED,
> .cpu_enable = cpu_enable_mte,
> },
> + {
> + .desc = "Asymmetric Memory Tagging Extension",
I'd give this a better name as it's not entirely clear what it does. In
the ARM ARM this is described as "asymmetric Tag Check Fault handling".
Maybe just rename it to "Asymmetric MTE Tag Check Fault". Similarly in
the Kconfig if you added one.
Otherwise:
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>