linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] x86/cpu: Remove "noclflush"

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Message-ID: <YZIkhnqSq9SgL7k6@zn.tnic>
Date:   Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:12:38 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai+lkml@...il.com>
Cc:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] x86/cpu: Remove "noclflush"

On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 05:03:29PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> The patch is definitely good for me, but I have no idea what
> "BUGS=" relates to here.
> (In the commit 191679fdfa63 ("x86: add noclflush option"))
> 
> In Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst:
> BUGS=   Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor.

Probably some CLFLUSH-related erratum from more than 10 years ago.
Probably not relevant anymore - otherwise we would have heard about it.

> For patch 3,4,5, they can have my reviewed-by:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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