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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/include/asm')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h index cf65a47ee6b4..9cde5d2e768f 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h @@ -289,9 +289,16 @@ struct arm64_cpu_capabilities { u16 type; bool (*matches)(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps, int scope); /* - * Take the appropriate actions to enable this capability for this CPU. - * For each successfully booted CPU, this method is called for each - * globally detected capability. + * Take the appropriate actions to configure this capability + * for this CPU. If the capability is detected by the kernel + * this will be called on all the CPUs in the system, + * including the hotplugged CPUs, regardless of whether the + * capability is available on that specific CPU. This is + * useful for some capabilities (e.g, working around CPU + * errata), where all the CPUs must take some action (e.g, + * changing system control/configuration). Thus, if an action + * is required only if the CPU has the capability, then the + * routine must check it before taking any action. */ void (*cpu_enable)(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *cap); union { |