From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-244116.protonmail.ch (mail-244116.protonmail.ch [109.224.244.116]) (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 B22893E1202 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:27:35 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=109.224.244.116 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774967258; cv=none; b=gwOfE6lDExjH40YZ67ovmoVhHMd8THNBeXzsP32oSunu/58bCivhVjINhuFfOV5ShlLtX2rv3hHcMcy6a9n2dNv2L5cCCiNLBo+b4fcoJFTJA5bKpgVpudIheBuNqn2BP6JA3So2KXKKbGSsiOBxDeHyyK0mvK+lp3TU1fCGGXw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774967258; c=relaxed/simple; bh=rILuLnvoYgOghWdfsSoQD5Xx9cQoW0L87ycF1oZtCDg=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=KgXqZ/dpkjI6dHEsz2Mj9khKLFh9qqgw93NqkiwedcSjZ5/wHjbI+WVod4Ym2rErm5+16WcH+qZazeJmhhksaSxfZ+P9ifYBWEciF81ezq1i9XkmL19AEqpAwrOmZsXsZfj+ffPOqIswQh+/Kek34k4rwVqf+ROK4KRlBkkAtQo= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=pm.me; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pm.me; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=pm.me header.i=@pm.me header.b=ndKIJUOe; arc=none smtp.client-ip=109.224.244.116 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=pm.me Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pm.me Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=pm.me header.i=@pm.me header.b="ndKIJUOe" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=pm.me; s=protonmail3; t=1774967251; x=1775226451; bh=FFFe6Twj/0eK/dYG4CoY0QQkWk2gjdmXaSW5pf7Rhns=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=ndKIJUOeQPnSDirpSuaQUlNBiZS1v129mwStCekMU9z4F6I5uKlTRrC1+tkUaJeKi eW2lgJyL/OVLE2rlTp2/Q7xfU6U5XQyvomryLXnrftt3RLIliG1Kb6RtYervX6+1e2 Cw0MJ2yLseYnxs8Z0zx2O8XdI2ubjnzjkThL2PVUvuvay+bmvwk1/GU+AsJZdJDFBl VonZ0T32ut4w14YQPA/B89LypL/PB6EG+Ahlg3Y9bXyx8oVmolsmTPvpYqT+qjOwa0 dqr5KZ+7kjp/QZuMY7wiHRBp7VKQwt46eZEVs4fAIARE8cYMLdy31HiPsbG8FL/X+B hYEoUSDNT3h5w== Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:27:25 +0000 To: Borislav Petkov From: Maciej Wieczor-Retman Cc: dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, hpa@zytor.com, xin@zytor.com, chang.seok.bae@intel.com, mingo@redhat.com, elena.reshetova@intel.com, maciej.wieczor-retman@intel.com, babu.moger@amd.com, sohil.mehta@intel.com, pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com, pmladek@suse.com, nik.borisov@suse.com, ptesarik@suse.com, darwi@linutronix.de, tglx@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, jpoimboe@kernel.org, ak@linux.intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 0/4] x86: Capability bits fix and required bits sanity check Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20260331140216.GDacvT6IPW1gf003z-@fat_crate.local> References: <20260331140216.GDacvT6IPW1gf003z-@fat_crate.local> Feedback-ID: 164464600:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: de3c08d95e63320e2f383a12e5d516bf1b0042d2 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 2026-03-31 at 16:02:16 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: >On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 03:10:39PM +0000, Maciej Wieczor-Retman wrote: >> Series aims to fix the inconsistency between the cpuinfo behavior and >> the documentation. Specifically the features that are not compiled are >> still present in the cpuinfo bitmasks as enabled. This is not in line >> with the documentation which specifies that not-compiled features are >> not present in /proc/cpuinfo. > >So, I just realized (yah, I am slow). > >So Ahmed's patchset > >https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260327021645.555257-1-darwi@linutronix.de > >already has all the information in order to achieve what this has been try= ing >and more. I.e., it has all CPUID bit names and so on. > >So I'd suggest we concentrate all our efforts on reviewing Ahmed's pile an= d if >then more functionality is needed, we can put it ontop. > >Because this is simply duplicating effort and we will end up replacing thi= s >eventually so it is all wasted effort. > >So let's please concentrate all our energy there. > >Thx. > >-- >Regards/Gruss, > Boris. > >https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette Okay, I'll stop posting this patchset and go test Ahmed's work. --=20 Kind regards Maciej Wiecz=C3=B3r-Retman