Re: [PATCH] x86/asm: Add support for MOVDIR64B instruction

From: Luck, Tony
Date: Thu Aug 01 2019 - 15:20:33 EST


On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 12:03:41PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 02:05:54AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > Several upcoming patchsets will make use of the helper.
>
> ... so why aren't you sending it together with its first user?

Just to get another of the non-controversial bits out of the
way before the main course arrives.

Note that the CPUFEATURE bit for MOVDIR64B already went upstream
in v4.20:

ace6485a0326 ("x86/cpufeatures: Enumerate MOVDIR64B instruction")

-Tony