Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 3/3] x86/cpu: Enable modifying bug flags with {clear,set}puid

[Brendan Jackman]

On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 at 12:10, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > @@ -1492,7 +1492,8 @@ static inline void parse_set_clear_cpuid(char *arg, bool set)
> >
> >               /*
> >                * Handle naked numbers first for feature flags which don't
> > -              * have names.
> > +              * have names. It doesn't make sense for a bug not to have a
> > +              * name so don't handle bug flags here.
> >                */
> >               if (!kstrtouint(opt, 10, &bit)) {
> >                       if (bit < NCAPINTS * 32) {
>
> It did but after
>
>   7583e8fbdc49 ("x86/cpu: Remove X86_FEATURE_NAMES")
>
> this chunk can be whacked now. Please do that in a pre-patch.

Er, hold on, what chunk can be whacked? Do you mean delete the ability
to set clearcpuid by number? There are still features with no name.