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The Arm v8.8 extension adds a new control FEAT_TIDCP1 that allows the kernel to disable all implementation-defined system registers and instructions in userspace. This can improve robustness against covert channels between processes, for example in cases where the firmware or hardware didn't disable that functionality by default. The kernel does not currently support any implementation-defined features, as there are no hwcaps for any such features, so disable all imp-def features unconditionally. Any use of imp-def instructions will result in a SIGILL being delivered to the process (same as for undefined instructions). Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@arm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220622115424.683520-1-kristina.martsenko@arm.com Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.