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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * PowerPC ELF notes.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019, IBM Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <linux/elfnote.h>
+#include <asm/elfnote.h>
+
+/*
+ * Ultravisor-capable bit (PowerNV only).
+ *
+ * Bit 0 indicates that the powerpc kernel binary knows how to run in an
+ * ultravisor-enabled system.
+ *
+ * In an ultravisor-enabled system, some machine resources are now controlled
+ * by the ultravisor. If the kernel is not ultravisor-capable, but it ends up
+ * being run on a machine with ultravisor, the kernel will probably crash
+ * trying to access ultravisor resources. For instance, it may crash in early
+ * boot trying to set the partition table entry 0.
+ *
+ * In an ultravisor-enabled system, a bootloader could warn the user or prevent
+ * the kernel from being run if the PowerPC ultravisor capability doesn't exist
+ * or the Ultravisor-capable bit is not set.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_POWERNV
+#define PPCCAP_ULTRAVISOR_BIT (1 << 0)
+#else
+#define PPCCAP_ULTRAVISOR_BIT 0
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Add the PowerPC Capabilities in the binary ELF note. It is a bitmap that
+ * can be used to advertise kernel capabilities to userland.
+ */
+#define PPC_CAPABILITIES_BITMAP (PPCCAP_ULTRAVISOR_BIT)
+
+ELFNOTE(PowerPC, PPC_ELFNOTE_CAPABILITIES,
+ .long PPC_CAPABILITIES_BITMAP)