Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/cpufeatures: Flip the /proc/cpuinfo appearance logic

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Thu Jun 20 2024 - 14:50:12 EST


On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 01:11:17AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Or use a marker like = instead of ”xxx" to explicitly expose it under the
> same name.
>
> For extra credit fix up the ones where the user space name is different so
> duplication isn't needed in so many places.

I actually prefer when it is absolutely unambiguous and explicit what goes
into /proc/cpuinfo - no special characters and other magic.

But we can talk about future improvements later - this should simply flip the
logic and nothing else.

Thx.

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