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Subject: Re: [RESEND v1 1/3] x86/cpufeatures: Add {required,disabled} feature
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To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
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On 6/12/2024 6:33 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, May 09, 2024 at 01:53:38PM -0700, Xin Li (Intel) wrote:
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
>> index 2a7279d80460..719302d37053 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
>> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
>> @@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ config X86_P6_NOP
>>   	depends on X86_64
>>   	depends on (MCORE2 || MPENTIUM4 || MPSC)
>>   
>> +config X86_REQUIRED_FEATURE_NOPL
> 
> Can we keep the X86_{REQUIRED,DISABLED}_ prefixes solely in
> arch/x86/Kconfig.cpufeatures and not spill them out into the rest of the tree?

Good point, let me try.

> 
> This way there will be no confusion between X86_FEATURE_, X86_REQUIRED_FEATURE_,
> X86_DISABLED_FEATURE_ and so on, and which one I am supposed to use where...

Currently X86_DISABLED_FEATURE_ macros are defined only in:
arch/x86/Kconfig.cpufeatures. But X86_REQUIRED_FEATURE_ macros are not.


>> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpufeatures b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpufeatures
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..326a8410ff06
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpufeatures
>> @@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> +#
>> +# x86 feature bits (see arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h) that are
>> +# either REQUIRED to be enabled, or DISABLED (always ignored) for this
>> +# particular compile-time configuration.  The tests for these features
>> +# are turned into compile-time constants via the generated
>> +# <asm/featuremasks.h>.
>> +#
>> +# The naming of these variables *must* match asm/cpufeatures.h.
> 
> I presume they must match X86_FEATURE_<name>?

Right, let me add this.

> 
> And REQUIRED and DISABLED is manipulated in by the script?
> 
> I guess I'll see later.

Yep!

Thanks!
     Xin