Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86: Make 5-level paging support unconditional for x86-64

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Jul 31 2024 - 07:40:27 EST


On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 02:36:47PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> The risk with your proposal is that 5-level paging will not get any
> testing and rot over time.
>
> I would like to keep it on, if possible.

Well, if it is boot time, you just tell your CI to force enable 5level
and you're done, right? Then the rest of us use 4 and we all good.