Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/cpu: Remove "noexec"

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue Feb 08 2022 - 17:26:38 EST


On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 05:40:25PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Heh, I've actually used noexec relatively recently to triage KVM goofs. That
> said, the same net result can still be achieved via clearcpuid=52, so I've no
> objection to removing the dedicated parameter.

Even better: clearcpuid=nx works now too.

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