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arm64: update PAC description for kernel

Remove the paragraph which has nothing to do with the kernel and
add PAC description related to kernel.

Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kuan-Ying Lee <Kuan-Ying.Lee@mediatek.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211201034014.20048-1-Kuan-Ying.Lee@mediatek.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

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Kuan-Ying Lee and committed by
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Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst
··· 53 53 virtual address size configured by the kernel. For example, with a 54 54 virtual address size of 48, the PAC is 7 bits wide. 55 55 56 - Recent versions of GCC can compile code with APIAKey-based return 57 - address protection when passed the -msign-return-address option. This 58 - uses instructions in the HINT space (unless -march=armv8.3-a or higher 59 - is also passed), and such code can run on systems without the pointer 60 - authentication extension. 56 + When ARM64_PTR_AUTH_KERNEL is selected, the kernel will be compiled 57 + with HINT space pointer authentication instructions protecting 58 + function returns. Kernels built with this option will work on hardware 59 + with or without pointer authentication support. 61 60 62 61 In addition to exec(), keys can also be reinitialized to random values 63 62 using the PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS prctl. A bitmask of PR_PAC_APIAKEY,