Re: [PATCH v2] x86/cpufeatures: Add macros for Intel's new fast rep string features

[Sean Christopherson]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2022, Jim Mattson wrote:
> KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID should reflect these host CPUID bits. The bits

Why not provide the KVM support in the same patch/series?

> are already cached in word 12. Give the bits X86_FEATURE names, so
> that they can be easily referenced. Hide these bits from
> /proc/cpuinfo, since the host kernel makes no use of them at present.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  v1 -> v2: Hide from /proc/cpuinfo [Dave Hansen]
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> index ef4775c6db01..454f0faa8e90 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> @@ -308,6 +308,9 @@
>  /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:1 (EAX), word 12 */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_AVX_VNNI		(12*32+ 4) /* AVX VNNI instructions */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_AVX512_BF16		(12*32+ 5) /* AVX512 BFLOAT16 instructions */
> +#define X86_FEATURE_FZRM		(12*32+10) /* "" Fast zero-length REP MOVSB */
> +#define X86_FEATURE_FSRS		(12*32+11) /* "" Fast short REP STOSB */
> +#define X86_FEATURE_FSRC		(12*32+12) /* "" Fast short REP {CMPSB,SCASB} */
>  
>  /* AMD-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x80000008 (EBX), word 13 */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_CLZERO		(13*32+ 0) /* CLZERO instruction */
> -- 
> 2.37.2.672.g94769d06f0-goog
>