Re: [PATCH] sha: Enable cpuid check for Intel SHA extensions implementations

[Dave Hansen]

On 08/17/2015 01:44 PM, Tim Chen wrote:
> @@ -401,6 +402,7 @@ extern const char * const x86_bug_flags[NBUGINTS*32];
>  #define cpu_has_eager_fpu	boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_EAGER_FPU)
>  #define cpu_has_topoext		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TOPOEXT)
>  #define cpu_has_bpext		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_BPEXT)
> +#define cpu_has_sha_ni		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SHA_NI)

I think we're trying not to add these cpu_has_* macros any more.  For
MPX at least we were encouraged to call cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_*) directly.

In the patch description, it might also be nice to remind folks that
this will feature will also show up as "sha_ni" in /proc/cpuinfo.
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