Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: cpu/proc.c adding extended_cpuid_level for/proc/cpuinfo

[H. Peter Anvin]

Borislav Petkov wrote:
>>
>> I'm not really all that doctrinal about this, but I'd like to get a
>> decent answer to the question "where does it stop, *and why*".  It's a
>> slippery slope, and without a target, it goes on forever.
> 
> I still fail to see a real use case which requires adding that info to
> the kernel and querying CPUID directly is _absolutely_ not an option.
> This is what the decisive argument should be and not some "but we have
> already this and that in there." Otherwise its like painting a broken
> car pink - it's still broken.
> 

Exactly, the question is where does it stop *and why* -- give a coherent
argument why drawing a line at any one particular place makes sense.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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