From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B391FC55160 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:41:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Message-ID:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=FohYicaxGeOlfyZ3ibVk2DCfjtyQCUFwI8yIJuNjv0o=; b=niMYxvw86pj/neELUbeap/Sa79 Q5TeqhZGS0KDc8EqMWbzxoeIsXMNUKQ63UOsNzop24/Vh0i/jtlla5IxOlPdBlLfuT5PLPJBr3vzL 56Wg4y4dXyuMCD1XL0mV3KNOG3QIGWbKzyrJJDLm2O0oReEymh96oibMxl2bGO8GGZ0p9uh3Is+8h 8KB/HPquzDqoQgIUhjWEENRbiaCUS/aEdk+K9kJBJ/uxdJboh8rnhrBM7zSuzmnT1XvsIKVshbm9Z hKb3W/Lt53cE4W8T/aG5VYyI5ybPq4mcyv3b3tGQqGv1NpfRCpNs5p0VuhyelxLL4mytkCleP4aTj lcgbkV2g==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wpR0T-0000000AdXc-0BNS; Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:41:05 +0000 Received: from sea.source.kernel.org ([172.234.252.31]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wpR0R-0000000AdX4-1vCP for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:41:03 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) by sea.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 164FC401DA; Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:41:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ED1DD1F000E9; Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:41:02 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1785418863; bh=FohYicaxGeOlfyZ3ibVk2DCfjtyQCUFwI8yIJuNjv0o=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=Jv4C9+dGyWYxy0EHZxfwZ3IkPvlhu/ZZN6hw1Ksjl6od9BLSpd/FBCm6vzWPXPavh JAqQB37MSgIwePR9B0F9DTNb+FdOkzMHkiffSk5e87VnDk1FkylJCNib5kbI5MZZF0 K+3kFJnuDiUEVQjWRbUb+9aJVPbfn/VMOVEV9vORgMqPMopuA3BYTX8xSFBpp+tkvi EhX3E7WB7MP67U3T9Oz9I/c0QBGGjfrBdHlT9ZCm5BsmCcnFnzWBPVdWGhCnx/XIq3 DLtQt6p8/1pfimoe8LlIDmKurt+79+ct0VmoefZ5aoYAzsJVOmhTYiSbbdvZwwqZN3 ggVX19VgBuWUg== Received: from sofa.misterjones.org ([185.219.108.64] helo=goblin-girl.misterjones.org) by disco-boy.misterjones.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1wpR0P-0000000AYAQ-0oPS; Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:41:01 +0000 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:41:00 +0100 Message-ID: <86fr10d28j.wl-maz@kernel.org> From: Marc Zyngier To: Will Deacon Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Catalin Marinas , Mark Rutland , Fuad Tabba Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: cpucaps: Remove stale comment about keeping capabilities sorted In-Reply-To: <20260730132758.26039-1-will@kernel.org> References: <20260730132758.26039-1-will@kernel.org> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI-EPG/1.14.7 (Harue) FLIM-LB/1.14.9 (=?UTF-8?B?R29qxY0=?=) APEL-LB/10.8 EasyPG/1.0.0 Emacs/30.1 (aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI-EPG 1.14.7 - "Harue") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 185.219.108.64 X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: will@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com, fuad.tabba@linux.dev X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: maz@kernel.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on disco-boy.misterjones.org); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:27:57 +0100, Will Deacon 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 > Acked-by: Mark Rutland > Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba > Reported-by: Marc Zyngier > Signed-off-by: Will Deacon Acked-by: Marc Zyngier M. -- Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.