Re: [PATCH v12 0/4] x86: Capability bits fix and required bits sanity check

[Maciej Wieczor-Retman]

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>already has all the information in order to achieve what this has been trying
>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 and if
>then more functionality is needed, we can put it ontop.
>
>Because this is simply duplicating effort and we will end up replacing this
>eventually so it is all wasted effort.
>
>So let's please concentrate all our energy there.
>
>Thx.
>
>--
>Regards/Gruss,
>    Boris.
>
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Okay, I'll stop posting this patchset and go test Ahmed's work.

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Kind regards
Maciej Wieczór-Retman