[PATCHv3 11/11] arm64: docs: document pointer authentication

Pavel Machek pavel at ucw.cz
Sun Apr 22 01:05:21 PDT 2018


Hi!

> @@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met:
>      ICC_SRE_EL2.SRE (bit 0) must be initialised to 0b0.
>    - The DT or ACPI tables must describe a GICv2 interrupt controller.
>  
> +  For CPUs with pointer authentication functionality:
> +  - If EL3 is present:
> +    SCR_EL3.APK (bit 16) must be initialised to 0b1
> +    SCR_EL3.API (bit 17) must be initialised to 0b1
> +  - If the kernel is entered at EL1:
> +    HCR_EL2.APK (bit 40) must be initialised to 0b1
> +    HCR_EL2.API (bit 41) must be initialised to 0b1
> +

0b1 is quite confusing way to write 1.

									Pavel
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