linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/9] x86/hreset: Configure history reset

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Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2024 10:38:57 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <stanislaw.gruszka@...ux.intel.com>,
	Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@...el.com>,
	Zhuocheng Ding <zhuocheng.ding@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] x86/hreset: Configure history reset

On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 08:05:14PM -0800, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> +static __always_inline void setup_hreset(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> +{
> +	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_HRESET))
> +		return;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Use on all CPUs the hardware history features that the boot
> +	 * CPU supports.
> +	 */
> +	if (c == &boot_cpu_data)
> +		hardware_history_features = cpuid_ebx(0x20);

That's not what this does - that sets hardware_history_features on the
BSP.

Why isn't this whole thing called in bsp_init_intel()?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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