linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/cpufeatures: Flip the /proc/cpuinfo appearance logic

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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:40:42 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...nel.org>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/cpufeatures: Flip the /proc/cpuinfo appearance
 logic

On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 01:11:17AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Or use a marker like = instead of ”xxx" to explicitly expose it under the
> same name.
> 
> For extra credit fix up the ones where the user space name is different so
> duplication isn't needed in so many places.

I actually prefer when it is absolutely unambiguous and explicit what goes
into /proc/cpuinfo - no special characters and other magic.

But we can talk about future improvements later - this should simply flip the
logic and nothing else.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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