Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] x86/cpu: Clear feature bits disabled at compile-time

From: Borislav Petkov

Date: Thu Feb 12 2026 - 16:52:19 EST


On February 12, 2026 9:34:31 PM UTC, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>As the original author of the code I'm pretty sure that bug was always there.

So, we don't need to backport it anywhere, we change it now in 7.0 or whatever and so be it. We can backport a documentation patch if someone is really pounding on it beint precisely correct for whatever reason...


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