From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/cpufeatures: Free up unused feature bits
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 01:37:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3732DC33-8959-494F-9A47-2ADD74C7E2DC@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5a42aca9-ff38-4fb5-8eb2-a43262c8c630@intel.com>
On November 8, 2024 1:35:59 AM GMT+01:00, Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com> wrote:
>On 11/7/2024 3:49 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>>> - if (c->x86 == 6)
>>>> - set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_P3);
>>>
>>
>> Be careful - these bits are used in module strings and so modutils need to understand them.
>
>Sorry, I didn't understand this properly. How do I figure out whether
>these bits are used elsewhere? Can you please provide a pointer?
>
>Sohil
Look at the modutils sources.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-11-08 0:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-11-07 23:30 Sohil Mehta
2024-11-07 23:36 ` Dave Hansen
2024-11-07 23:44 ` Sohil Mehta
2024-11-07 23:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2024-11-08 0:35 ` Sohil Mehta
2024-11-08 0:37 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2024-11-08 1:12 ` Dave Hansen
2024-11-08 2:17 ` Sohil Mehta
2024-11-08 15:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2024-11-08 18:42 ` Dave Hansen
2024-11-08 18:42 ` Sohil Mehta
2024-11-08 18:46 ` Dave Hansen
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