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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 09/21] arm64: cpufeature: Add global feature override
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To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
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        Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@google.com>,
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References: <20210118094533.2874082-1-maz@kernel.org>
 <20210118094533.2874082-10-maz@kernel.org>
From:   Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
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Date:   Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:59:59 +0000
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On 1/18/21 9:45 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Add a facility to globally override a feature, no matter what
> the HW says. Yes, this sounds dangerous, but we do respect the
> "safe" value for a given feature. This doesn't mean the user
> doesn't need to know what they are doing.
> 
> Nothing uses this yet, so we are pretty safe. For now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>