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On 7/22/2025 11:13 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 2025-07-22 11:08, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, something like:
>>>
>>> 	void __init init_cpu_cap(void)
>>> 	{
>>> 		for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS; i++) {
>>> 			cpu_caps_set[i] = REQUIRED_MASK(i);
>>> 			cpu_caps_cleared[i] = DISABLED_MASK(i);
>>> 		}
>>> 	}
>>>
>>> And it would be better if it could be done at build time (to avoid
>>> changing Xen which has a dedicated startup code path):
>>>
>>> 	__u32 cpu_caps_{set,cleared}[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS] = {
>>> 		{REQUIRED,DISABLED}_MASK(i),
>>> 	};
>>>
>>> And then apply_forced_caps() will do the rest automatically :)
>>
>> Yeah:
>>
>> u32 __init cpu_caps_cleared = { ... };
>>
>> ... which can come straight out of the awk script.
>>
> 
> Heck, I think I even did something like this in the first version, but
> tglx or someone else asked to axe it because it wasn't being used (yet.)  ;)
> 

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 5809534ecc98..eb075fbf337e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -703,8 +703,8 @@ static const char *table_lookup_model(struct 
cpuinfo_x86 *c)
  }

  /* Aligned to unsigned long to avoid split lock in atomic bitmap ops */
-__u32 cpu_caps_cleared[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS] __aligned(sizeof(unsigned 
long));
-__u32 cpu_caps_set[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS] __aligned(sizeof(unsigned long));
+__u32 cpu_caps_cleared[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS] __aligned(sizeof(unsigned 
long)) = DISABLED_MASK_INIT_VALUES;
+__u32 cpu_caps_set[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS] __aligned(sizeof(unsigned 
long)) = REQUIRED_MASK_INIT_VALUES;

  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
  /* The 32-bit entry code needs to find cpu_entry_area. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/cpufeaturemasks.awk 
b/arch/x86/tools/cpufeaturemasks.awk
index 173d5bf2d999..6b3583304ee8 100755
--- a/arch/x86/tools/cpufeaturemasks.awk
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/cpufeaturemasks.awk
@@ -81,7 +81,13 @@ END {
                                 printf "\t\\\n\t\t((x) >> 5) == %2d ? 
%s_MASK%d :", i, s, i;
                 }
                 printf " 0\t\\\n";
-               printf "\t) & (1U << ((x) & 31)))\n\n";
+               printf "\t) & (1U << ((x) & 31)))\n";
+
+               printf "\n#define %s_MASK_INIT_VALUES\t\t\t\\", s;
+               printf "\n\t{\t\t\t\t\t\t\\";
+               for (i = 0; i < ncapints; i++)
+                       printf "\n\t\t%s_MASK%d,\t\t\t\\", s, i;
+               printf "\n\t}\n\n";
         }

         printf "#endif /* _ASM_X86_CPUFEATUREMASKS_H */\n";
