[PATCH 0/2] arm64: cpucap handling cleanups

[Will Deacon]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:09:08 +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> The recent changes to remove cpus_have_const_cap() left a period between
> detecting cpucaps and patching alternatives where it is necessary to use
> cpus_have_cap() to check that a cpucap has been detected. During this
> period we do a few things, and there's a risk that code using a mixture
> of cpus_have_cap() and alternative_has_cap_*() sees an inconsistent
> state.
> 
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/cpufeature), thanks!

Basing the series on for-next/fixes makes it fiddly to manage, so I
dropped the kpti_install_ng_mappings() hunk from patch 1 and will
re-introduce it when I merge the branches together.

[1/2] arm64: Cleanup system cpucap handling
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/63a2d92e1461
[2/2] arm64: Align boot cpucap handling with system cpucap handling
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/eb15d707c252

Cheers,
-- 
Will

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