[PATCH v6] arm64: Add support for new control bits CTR_EL0.DIC and CTR_EL0.IDC

[Robin Murphy]

On 01/03/18 04:14, Shanker Donthineni wrote:
[...]
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> index 2985a06..0b64b55 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> @@ -199,12 +199,12 @@ static int __init register_cpu_hwcaps_dumper(void)
>   };
>   
>   static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_ctr[] = {
> -	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_EXACT, 31, 1, 1),		/* RES1 */

Nit: you may as well leave this line as-is...

> -	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, 29, 1, 1),	/* DIC */
> -	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, 28, 1, 1),	/* IDC */
> -	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_HIGHER_SAFE, 24, 4, 0),	/* CWG */
> -	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_HIGHER_SAFE, 20, 4, 0),	/* ERG */
> -	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, 16, 4, 1),	/* DminLine */
> +	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_EXACT, 31, 1, 1),                    /* RES1 */
> +	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, CTR_DIC_SHIFT, 1, 1),    /* DIC */
> +	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, CTR_IDC_SHIFT, 1, 1),    /* IDC */
> +	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_HIGHER_SAFE, CTR_CWG_SHIFT, 4, 0),   /* CWG */
> +	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_HIGHER_SAFE, CTR_ERG_SHIFT, 4, 0),   /* ERG */
> +	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, CTR_DMLINE_SHIFT, 4, 1), /* DminLine */

...because with properly-named macros the rest of these comments no 
longer add anything that isn't already obvious - best to just remove them.

Robin.