Re: [PATCH] x86/cpufeature: drop *_MASK_CEHCK

[Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>]

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 09:33:11AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> The point was that there are 5 files in the code that need to be changed
> if you change NCAPINTS:
> 
> 1. arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
> 2. arch/x86/include/asm/disabled-features.h
> 3. tools/arch/x86/include/asm/disabled-features.h
> 4. tools/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
> 5. arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h (2 sites)
> 
> Each of those sites has a compile-time check for NCAPINTS.  The problem
> is that the *-features.h code doesn't get compiled directly so a
> BUILD_BUG_ON() doesn't work by itself.  So, for the sites there, we put
> it somewhere that *will* get compiled: the macros that actually check
> the bits.
> 
> It looks weird, but the end effect is good: If you change NCAPINTS, you
> get compile errors in 5 files and have to go edit those 5 files to fix
> it.  Your patch makes it easier to introduce errors and miss one of
> those sites.

... and we wouldn't want to debug any strange bugs from missing a case.
So, Cao, I wouldn't mind having the gist of that above somewhere around
there in a comment explicitly.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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