linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86/cpu: proc - remove "wp" status line in cpuinfo

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Message-ID: <20170214183029.e2jehgc5emkobszs@pd.tnic>
Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2017 19:30:29 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>,
        Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86/cpu: proc - remove "wp" status line in cpuinfo

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:13:22AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Potential userspace breakage, which is why the line was left in the

We could keep the string in /proc/cpuinfo for compatibility but kill the
cpuinfo_x86 members.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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