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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86/fpu: Parse comma separated list passed in clearcpuid
On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 08:12:25AM -0500, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> Users cannot disable multiple CPU features with the kernel parameter
> clearcpuid=. For example, "clearcpuid=154 clearcpuid=227" only disables
> CPUID bit 154.
>
> Previous to commit 0c2a3913d6f5 ("x86/fpu: Parse clearcpuid= as early XSAVE
> argument") it was possible to pass multiple clearcpuid options as kernel
> parameters using individual entries. With the new code it isn't easy to
> replicate exactly that behaviour but a comma separated list can be easily
> implemented, eg) "clearcpuid=154,227"
>
> Make the clearcpuid parse a comma-separated list of values instead of only
> a single value.

So I think the feature is broken as is; because it doesn't clear the
CPUID bits for userspace.

something along the lines of:

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190212164833.GK32494@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

would be required to make it so.

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