linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] x86/cpu: Use a new feature flag for 5 level paging

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wg6LNJmj5FD-PFXNFECthYJDA3sPkPYBYg1EjBhuZJ6wg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 12:49:07 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, 
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] x86/cpu: Use a new feature flag for 5 level paging

On Tue, 13 May 2025 at 04:12, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Separate the two so that the CPU hardware capability can be identified
> unambiguously in all cases.

Yeah, I like this version of the patch series, it seems much clearer.

             Linus