linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu/init: Add __setup() functions back to fpu/init.c

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Date:   Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:37:01 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     "Tang, Haoyu" <haoyu.tang@...el.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Nicolai Stange <nstange@...e.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu/init: Add __setup() functions back to fpu/init.c

On 2019-01-11 08:30:13 [+0000], Tang, Haoyu wrote:
> It doesn't consistent with document: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.html 
> I met an init which didn't accept unknown arguments.

Why are those a problem and nokaslr / nospectre_v2 / … are not?

> Haoyu

Sebastian