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Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ feature

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On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 06:34:02PM +0100, Piotr Luc wrote:
> Vector population count instructions for dwords and qwords are to be
> used in future Intel Xeon & Xeon Phi processors. The bit 14 of
> CPUID[level:0x07, ECX] indicates that the new instructions are
> supported by a processor.
> 
> The spec can be found in the Intel Software Developer Manual (SDM)
> or in the Instruction Set Extensions Programming Reference (ISE).
> 
> Define new feature flag to enumerate the new instructions set in
> /proc/cpuinfo according to new CPUID bit.
> Clear the feature bit in case xsave is disabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Piotr Luc <piotr.luc@intel.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: x86@kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> ---

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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[PATCH v1 1/2] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ feature Piotr Luc <piotr.luc@intel.com> - 2017-01-10 18:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ feature Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-01-16 18:30 +0100
  [tip:x86/cpufeature] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ feature tip-bot for Piotr Luc <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2017-01-16 20:50 +0100

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