linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, cpufeature: Fix duplicate feature name "dts"

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:28:59 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
CC:	x86@...nel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, cpufeature: Fix duplicate feature name "dts"

Good spotting, but I'm worried this is the wrong fix.

This is a userspace ABI change, and the and we have used "dts" for debug
store (debug trace store?) for a very long tie, whereas digital thermal
sensor only has been used since 2010; another *major* question is which
of these is more likely to be of interest to userspace.

Jan, do you have any feeling on this?

	-hpa


On 06/21/2012 07:28 AM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> From: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
> Subject: x86, cpufeature: Fix duplicate feature name "dts"
> 
> We currently have two different x86 CPU features reported as "dts"
> in /proc/cpuinfo: Debug Store and Digital Thermal Sensor. Change the
> former to "ds" which makes more sense anyway, to clear up the
> confusion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- linux-3.5-rc3.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h	2012-06-21 15:57:17.061585016 +0200
> +++ linux-3.5-rc3/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h	2012-06-21 15:57:42.087585387 +0200
> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
>  #define X86_FEATURE_PSE36	(0*32+17) /* 36-bit PSEs */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_PN		(0*32+18) /* Processor serial number */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_CLFLSH	(0*32+19) /* "clflush" CLFLUSH instruction */
> -#define X86_FEATURE_DS		(0*32+21) /* "dts" Debug Store */
> +#define X86_FEATURE_DS		(0*32+21) /* Debug Store */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_ACPI	(0*32+22) /* ACPI via MSR */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_MMX		(0*32+23) /* Multimedia Extensions */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_FXSR	(0*32+24) /* FXSAVE/FXRSTOR, CR4.OSFXSR */
> 
> 

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