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Subject: Re: [PATCHv10 09/15] x86: Expose untagging mask in
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To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>,
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On 10/18/22 04:33, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Add a line in /proc/$PID/arch_status to report untag_mask. It can be
> used to find out LAM status of the process from the outside. It is
> useful for debuggers.

Considering that address masking is not x86-specific, it seems like this
needs a better home (another file in /proc).

This could even be left out of the series for now, right?  Nothing,
including the selftests, depends on it.