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-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h13
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 {