[PATCH v1 1/4] arm64/mte: Document ABI for asymmetric mode

Will Deacon will at kernel.org
Wed Feb 16 09:06:23 PST 2022


On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 04:36:22PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 06:14:23PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 07:57:09PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> > >  mode will be selected. Otherwise, one of the modes in the task's mode
> > >  set will be selected in a currently unspecified manner.
> 
> > I think it's time we specified the "unspecified manner" now that we have
> > three options.
> 
> Are you happy with the manner that is implemented in the patch set or is
> this purely a request for documenation?

Sorry, yes, I'm just saying let's document what the code does, as that is
what people will end up relying on.

Will



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