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Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86/cpu: proc - remove "wp" status line in cpuinfo

From Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86/cpu: proc - remove "wp" status line in cpuinfo
Date 2017-02-14 19:40 +0100
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On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:13:22AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Potential userspace breakage, which is why the line was left in the

We could keep the string in /proc/cpuinfo for compatibility but kill the
cpuinfo_x86 members.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86/cpu: proc - remove "wp" status line in cpuinfo "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2017-02-14 19:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86/cpu: proc - remove "wp" status line in cpuinfo Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-02-14 19:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86/cpu: proc - remove "wp" status line in cpuinfo Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com> - 2017-02-14 22:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86/cpu: proc - remove "wp" status line in cpuinfo Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com> - 2017-02-28 09:40 +0100

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