Re: [PATCH v17 04/26] x86/cpufeatures: Introduce X86_FEATURE_CET and setup functions

From: Yu, Yu-cheng
Date: Tue Jan 12 2021 - 18:02:32 EST


On 1/12/2021 4:38 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 03:09:00PM -0800, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
@@ -1252,6 +1260,16 @@ static void __init cpu_parse_early_param(void)
if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "noxsaves"))
setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);
+ /*
+ * CET states are XSAVES states and options must be parsed early.
+ */

That comment is redundant - look at the containing function's name.

Otherwise patch looks just as it should.

Thx.


Should I send an updated patch? Thanks!

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Yu-cheng