From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.alien8.de (mail.alien8.de [65.109.113.108]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 166861D86DC; Tue, 3 Mar 2026 07:19:10 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=65.109.113.108 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772522352; cv=none; b=nwptHjOj51GUNKCCw4FsspP1+qRQijcEB/PcpVoQIisWTG9vj0h7F5AVVUxF4+sahkiVtAuJPDx4EZTQYO5Muibzk3Rudw9lVMJblI8prk2HnQPtQ7y9X2Ja1326H16CoVkBkV1eG7FxIDjwQbi2qC+1c1xQRfY5J6R7Uc7a+TE= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772522352; c=relaxed/simple; bh=DkGv8JbAOFxr5thlBAs3MPsoSFRTjviaF8v3BxFYBF0=; h=Date:From:To:CC:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=HVP/6aDyj4XrOG/95EQgf8nK+Wxlaq9O1VSUaiCKIbloLJVF6Q6KvkW4MxOweTvVeWA95Ua1A5522xek7+lLKYXaqASApaPLYKTqdBg0SgAsryh4NfqRayEtW0Pz+v/XsO6v5G+QiX3wDT2rtojQOe2niqyBJiLwrmr6a0Dg6v0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=alien8.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=alien8.de; dkim=pass (4096-bit key) header.d=alien8.de header.i=@alien8.de header.b=gITAAnzJ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=65.109.113.108 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=alien8.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=alien8.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (4096-bit key) header.d=alien8.de header.i=@alien8.de header.b="gITAAnzJ" Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.alien8.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTP id E793540E01A8; Tue, 3 Mar 2026 07:19:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.alien8.de Authentication-Results: mail.alien8.de (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (4096-bit key) header.d=alien8.de Received: from mail.alien8.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.alien8.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id UxauTnrrJHCH; Tue, 3 Mar 2026 07:19:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=alien8; t=1772522344; bh=DkGv8JbAOFxr5thlBAs3MPsoSFRTjviaF8v3BxFYBF0=; h=Date:From:To:CC:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=gITAAnzJIXVYTNb+KWUu052a/pwkEqsYCnrFXpAiMCSWw2TwNNpLQx/q142juaa3F VYiUW1EgF4ezM8EfIC75jGcoqYivdR4lSooOMO1Mq3LeGLODsSzDQyPwh3BO27LdQx Uhox+zOJIDB04CJOFfti95v16txh3f9PsqXXK3BaY0PcHcRqPIrf8D+zAWv1JsAIEi OnLWBrnEHTBgPLJ4S0YOw4bGyjq59RTS5Ln9KEaNOyKyufuitCs6sVqa5UHfQplZEH kP6MsmLcd8zkWwsgjyDvci+1MSVbIpQb8YH86ie1Mlj/23jV14LuZTusi3r6zaX0P2 w3DmsP7Np1+hfH6dxt95hw5mmSHydMSPuk2iLhIzX4+FuIUqA0JOKJg0jGhFFzVR7m vaFlmRAhwwlL7+QUG14Fz2SYTmM8V8hXY61by+RQE85q4GZ7GjYs4XrAtr3iPAMLLn SbhVcSe21KD+nfr6BGQQR/JAOXLQdSKBurdFnTNYCfHYqHa8OiGI6Vir41MgwJpexp Jn3AD+vsb0GGyHqO5OtVJoHUdCZKpbFMECcMVSDK5YnRQcQuqXLPdKvSnRotyDZhuN +X86mtCS8ZLWAg6XNLHhYqmlPypueZ8SsHwDDU1iS0xzaHJwmuhne1zmuJMy2UYvC1 4lpA+Bp0qJA3xyGNYxTgbhB4= Received: from ehlo.thunderbird.net (unknown [IPv6:2a02:3033:609:6566:99c8:926b:e70f:2e33]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-256) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mail.alien8.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id 42F2740E019B; Tue, 3 Mar 2026 07:18:54 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2026 05:59:39 +0000 From: Borislav Petkov To: Maciej Wieczor-Retman CC: Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Dave Hansen , x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Farrah Chen , Maciej Wieczor-Retman , stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: =?US-ASCII?Q?Re=3A_=5BPATCH_v8_1/3=5D_x86/cpu=3A_Clear_f?= =?US-ASCII?Q?eature_bits_disabled_at_compile-time?= User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: References: <20260302193142.GBaaXlnu86gUtPyQG6@fat_crate.local> <20260302202504.GIaaXyIAQnaHTdzN52@fat_crate.local> <20260302205947.GJaaX6Q5Qx6vJMdun0@fat_crate.local> Message-ID: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On March 2, 2026 9:22:47 PM UTC, Maciej Wieczor-Retman wrote: >Maybe it could fall under the 'some "oh, that's not good" issue'? :) More like "no one noticed/complained until now so why are we making waves = and generating unnecessary work now" thing=2E=2E=2E --=20 Small device=2E Typos and formatting crap