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authorMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>2018-12-07 18:39:31 +0000
committerWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>2018-12-13 16:42:47 +0000
commitfbedc599e9b891a6756b1c9bc2eead02b02cce77 (patch)
tree1b832edd542d8edec1cd1df8519a7291bef53bc1 /Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt
parent84931327a807a4dd65d0d6b53a8ae47845c91f79 (diff)
arm64: docs: document pointer authentication
Now that we've added code to support pointer authentication, add some documentation so that people can figure out if/how to use it. Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Ramana Radhakrishnan <ramana.radhakrishnan@arm.com> Cc: Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Ramana Radhakrishnan <ramana.radhakrishnan@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt
index ea819ae024dd..13d6691b37be 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt
@@ -182,3 +182,15 @@ HWCAP_FLAGM
HWCAP_SSBS
Functionality implied by ID_AA64PFR1_EL1.SSBS == 0b0010.
+
+HWCAP_PACA
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.APA == 0b0001 or
+ ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.API == 0b0001, as described by
+ Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.txt.
+
+HWCAP_PACG
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.GPA == 0b0001 or
+ ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.GPI == 0b0001, as described by
+ Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.txt.