linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 3/5] x86/cpuid: Make clearcpuid an early param

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1710051526170.2083@nanos>
Date:   Thu, 5 Oct 2017 15:26:29 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
cc:     x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3/5] x86/cpuid: Make clearcpuid an early param

On Wed, 4 Oct 2017, Andi Kleen wrote:

> From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Make clearcpuid= an early param, to make sure it is parsed
> before the XSAVE initialization. This allows to modify
> XSAVE state by clearing specific CPUID bits.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>