Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: cpucaps: Remove stale comment about keeping capabilities sorted

[Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>]

On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:27:57 +0100,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> There is no functional requirement to keep the entries in arm64's
> tools/cpucaps file sorted alphabetically and, in fact, they have fallen
> out of order over time. Given that only the arm64 tree touches this file
> and the perceived benefit of sorting was to help with conflicts, just
> remove the stale comment and accept that we're collectively not very
> good at the alphabet.
> 
> In the limited cases where a specific ordering is important, we enforce
> it through build-time assertions (e.g. in can_use_gic_priorities()).
> 
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
> Reported-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

	M.

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