cachepc-linux

Fork of AMDESE/linux with modifications for CachePC side-channel attack
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sysfs-devices-state_synced (1170B)


      1What:		/sys/devices/.../state_synced
      2Date:		May 2020
      3Contact:	Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
      4Description:
      5		The /sys/devices/.../state_synced attribute is only present for
      6		devices whose bus types or driver provides the .sync_state()
      7		callback. The number read from it (0 or 1) reflects the value
      8		of the device's 'state_synced' field. A value of 0 means the
      9		.sync_state() callback hasn't been called yet. A value of 1
     10		means the .sync_state() callback has been called.
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     12		Generally, if a device has sync_state() support and has some of
     13		the resources it provides enabled at the time the kernel starts
     14		(Eg: enabled by hardware reset or bootloader or anything that
     15		run before the kernel starts), then it'll keep those resources
     16		enabled and in a state that's compatible with the state they
     17		were in at the start of the kernel. The device will stop doing
     18		this only when the sync_state() callback has been called --
     19		which happens only when all its consumer devices are registered
     20		and have probed successfully. Resources that were left disabled
     21		at the time the kernel starts are not affected or limited in
     22		any way by sync_state() callbacks.
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