[PATCH 2/2] ARM: Make IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE a "non-secure" SGI

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 09:48:51AM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 18/12/15 09:34, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 09:16:13AM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> >> Having IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE as SGI15 may not work if the kernel is
> >> running in non-secure mode and that the secure firmware has
> >> decided to follow ARM's recommendations that SGI8-15 should
> >> be reserved for secure purpose.
> >>
> >> Now that we are "only" using SGI0-6, change IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE
> >> to use SGI7, which makes it more likely to work.
> > 
> > We should add a comment to the enum explaining this, so it's obvious
> > for the future - best place is after the IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE entry.
> > Not everyone checks the git logs for these kinds of details.
> 
> Indeed. How about something like this:

Yep.

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