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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: bp@alien8.de, x86@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/3] x86: introduce disabled-features
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:20:45 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53A45F5D.90505@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140620161736.D6AC16FD@viggo.jf.intel.com>

On 06/20/2014 09:17 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> diff -puN /dev/null arch/x86/include/asm/disabled-features.h
> --- /dev/null	2014-04-10 11:28:14.066815724 -0700
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/disabled-features.h	2014-06-20 09:15:38.968987152 -0700
> @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
> +#ifndef _ASM_X86_DISABLED_FEATURES_H
> +#define _ASM_X86_DISABLED_FEATURES_H
> +
> +/* These features, although they might be available in a CPU
> + * will not be used because the compile options to support
> + * them are not present.
> + *
> + * This code allows them to be checked and disabled at
> + * compile time withut an explicit #ifdef.  Simply call
> + * cpu_has() or this_cpu_has().
> + * */
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MPX
> +# define HAVE_MPX	(1<<(X86_FEATURE_MPX & 31))
> +#else
> +# define HAVE_MPX	0
> +#endif
> +

Is this an inverted test?

	-hpa


  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-06-20 16:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-20 16:17 [RFC][PATCH 1/3] x86: introduce disabled-features Dave Hansen
2014-06-20 16:17 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/3] x86: add more disabled features Dave Hansen
2014-06-20 16:17 ` [RFC][PATCH 3/3] x86: make MP a required-feature on 64-bit Dave Hansen
2014-06-20 16:23   ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-20 16:30     ` Dave Hansen
2014-06-20 16:37       ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-20 17:43         ` Borislav Petkov
2014-06-20 17:47           ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-20 18:05             ` Borislav Petkov
2014-06-20 18:16               ` Dave Jones
2014-06-20 18:48                 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-06-20 18:54               ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-20 20:00                 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-06-20 20:22                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-20 20:35                     ` Borislav Petkov
2014-06-20 17:50           ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-20 18:15             ` Borislav Petkov
2014-06-20 18:57               ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-20 20:37                 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-06-23  6:11         ` Andi Kleen
2014-06-20 16:20 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2014-06-20 17:20   ` [RFC][PATCH 1/3] x86: introduce disabled-features Dave Hansen
2014-06-20 20:40 ` Dave Hansen

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