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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:10:59 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Damian Tometzki <linux_dti@...oud.com>,
	linux-integrity <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>,
	LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Dock, Deneen T" <deneen.t.dock@...el.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/20] x86: avoid W^X being broken during modules
 loading

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:09:25AM -0800, Nadav Amit wrote:
> It is just that I find the use of static_cpu_has()/boot_cpu_has() to be very
> inconsistent. I doubt that show_cpuinfo_misc(), copy_fpstate_to_sigframe(),
> or i915_memcpy_init_early() that use static_cpu_has() are any hotter than
> text_poke_early().

Would some beefing of the comment over it help?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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