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Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2023 15:33:53 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 30/60] arm64: idreg-override: Create a pseudo feature
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To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
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        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
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From:   Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
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On 17/04/2023 15:30, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 at 16:28, Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 07/03/2023 14:04, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>>> Add rodata=off to the set of kernel command line options that is parsed
>>> early using the CPU feature override detection code, so we can easily
>>> refer to it when creating the kernel mapping.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h   | 1 +
>>>  arch/arm64/kernel/pi/idreg-override.c | 2 ++
>>>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
>>> index bc10098901808c00..edc7733aa49846b2 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
>>> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>>>  #define cpu_feature(x)               KERNEL_HWCAP_ ## x
>>>
>>>  #define ARM64_SW_FEATURE_OVERRIDE_NOKASLR    0
>>> +#define ARM64_SW_FEATURE_OVERRIDE_RODATA_OFF 4
>>
>> I assume these are bit numbers? Why not just use the next available bit (bit 1)
>> for this new flag?
>>
> 
> This (ab)uses the CPU feature framework, which is based on 4-bit
> quantities. I don't remember if it matters or not, but IIRC the
> default macros use 4-bit wide values.

OK, thanks.