From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>,
Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org>,
Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>,
Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@amd.com>,
Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@amd.com>,
Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 3/3] x86/64/mm: Make 5-level paging support unconditional
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 17:30:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250516153009.GEaCdaAdhCVpjaViSx@fat_crate.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250516091534.3414310-4-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 12:15:33PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> @@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ For example, when an old kernel is running on new hardware.
> The kernel disabled support for it at compile-time
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> -For example, if 5-level-paging is not enabled when building (i.e.,
> -CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL is not selected) the flag "la57" will not show up [#f1]_.
> +For example, if Linear Address Masking (LAM) is not enabled when building (i.e.,
> +CONFIG_ADDRESS_MASKING is not selected) the flag "lam" will not show up.
> Even though the feature will still be detected via CPUID, the kernel disables
> -it by clearing via setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_LA57).
> +it by clearing via setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_LAM).
LOL, good one.
The rest looks nice and good to me. And FWIW, it boots fine on my Zen5 with
5lvl enabled.
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Thx.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
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[not found] <20250516091534.3414310-1-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
[not found] ` <20250516091534.3414310-2-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
2025-05-16 9:50 ` [PATCHv2 1/3] x86/64/mm: Always use dynamic memory layout Ard Biesheuvel
[not found] ` <20250516091534.3414310-3-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
2025-05-16 9:51 ` [PATCHv2 2/3] x86/64/mm: Make SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP the only memory model Ard Biesheuvel
[not found] ` <20250516091534.3414310-4-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
2025-05-16 9:54 ` [PATCHv2 3/3] x86/64/mm: Make 5-level paging support unconditional Ard Biesheuvel
2025-05-16 10:42 ` Jürgen Groß
2025-05-16 11:09 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2025-05-16 11:29 ` Jürgen Groß
2025-05-16 11:47 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2025-05-16 11:51 ` Juergen Gross
2025-05-16 11:51 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2025-05-16 15:30 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2025-05-16 15:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2025-05-16 15:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-05-17 8:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2025-06-24 8:11 ` [PATCHv2 0/3] x86: Make 5-level paging support unconditional for x86-64 Khalid Ali
2025-06-24 8:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2025-06-24 8:49 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
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