[PATCH 0/2] Reworking configurability of X86_FEATURE_NAMES

[Lukas Bulwahn]

Dear Dave, dear Boris, dear x86 maintainers,


as follow-up to the discussion on my initial patch on changing the
visibility of X86_FEATURE_NAMES (see Link), here are two patches:

Patch 1 simply makes the minimal one-line change to make X86_FEATURE_NAMES
disappear from the prompt.

Patch 2 is the more radical change to remove the whole config and see which
code would generally be impacted; just as quick exploration.

The diffstat shows we are getting rid of a bit of code throughout arch/x86,
but the change and reduction is not too complex either:

 arch/x86/Kconfig                  | 12 ------------
 arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu              |  2 +-
 arch/x86/boot/Makefile            |  2 --
 arch/x86/boot/cpu.c               | 13 -------------
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h |  5 -----
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile      |  4 +---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c      |  4 ----
 7 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

Probably, you just want to pick patch 1 and wait for any complaints. Or if
you are confident the compliants will not show up, simply apply both.

Otherwise, I will put it on my list to come back in a year or two, and if
there were no complaints till then, provide the updated patch to remove the
X86_FEATURE_NAMES config then.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230509084007.24373-1-lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx/

Best regards,

Lukas


Lukas Bulwahn (2):
  x86: make X86_FEATURE_NAMES non-configurable in prompt
  x86: always build with X86_FEATURE_NAMES functionality

 arch/x86/Kconfig                  | 12 ------------
 arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu              |  2 +-
 arch/x86/boot/Makefile            |  2 --
 arch/x86/boot/cpu.c               | 13 -------------
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h |  5 -----
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile      |  4 +---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c      |  4 ----
 7 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

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