linux-kernel - Re: [tip: x86/core] x86/cpu: Use a new feature flag for 5-level paging

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Message-ID: <aCsuP_Au95QjOdWn@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 15:12:31 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
	"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwi@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [tip: x86/core] x86/cpu: Use a new feature flag for 5-level
 paging


* tip-bot2 for Ard Biesheuvel <tip-bot2@...utronix.de> wrote:

> The following commit has been merged into the x86/core branch of tip:
> 
> Commit-ID:     ae41ee699c6c89850d11ba64a282490f287d9be7
> Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/ae41ee699c6c89850d11ba64a282490f287d9be7
> Author:        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
> AuthorDate:    Sat, 17 May 2025 11:16:41 +02:00
> Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> CommitterDate: Mon, 19 May 2025 10:37:21 +02:00
> 
> x86/cpu: Use a new feature flag for 5-level paging

Update: although Linus tentatively acked this series, I've removed this 
commit because it's still under discussion - it appears the synthethic 
CPU flag approach is not universally accepted yet.

Thanks,

	Ingo