Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86/mce: Define 'SUCCOR' cpuid bit

Borislav Petkov
2015-05-01T16:20:55Z

On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 08:09:40AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Is there a reason to add the cpuid detection like this instead of adding
> an X86_FEATURE_ for it and using cpu_has() and friends? Doing that
> would also let you see the bit in /proc/cpuinfo.

Well, as those are RAS-specific, it didn't seem to make a whole lotta
sense to advertise them globally (they're used solely in the MCE code).

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