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From: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: Clarify ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI semantics
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:05:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8d72230b-d636-447c-873e-b95304457a5a@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260629100953.385435-1-mark.rutland@arm.com>

Hi Mark,

On 6/29/26 11:09, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Will notes that the ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI name is potentially
> misleading, and that it would be nice to rename that and add some
> documentation. See:
> 
>   https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/ajKn_Pt50CmOUrsP@willie-the-truck/
> 
> To that end, I've renamed the Kconfig symbol and hwcap from:
> 
>   [CONFIG_]ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI
> 
> ... to:
> 
>   [CONFIG_]ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI_SYNC
> 
> ... and I've added some rationale alongside the Kconfig. As the Kconfig
> symbol isn't user selectable, the usual 'help' section won't appear in
> menuconfig, so I've added this as a comment.
> 

Although it won't appear in menuconfig, 3rd party tools that
index config symbols may still consume the help section.
I'm not sure how much we care about such tools...

Cheers
Vladimir



      reply	other threads:[~2026-06-29 18:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-29 10:09 [PATCH] arm64: Clarify ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI semantics Mark Rutland
2026-06-29 18:05 ` Vladimir Murzin [this message]

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