On 7/25/2017 10:13 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 09:58:54AM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
True, but it is more about being accurate and making sure the value is
correct where ever it may be used.
So early_identify_cpu() initializes phys_bits to 32 on 32-bit.
Subtracting it there would actually make actively it wrong, AFAICT.
But early_identify_cpu() calls get_cpu_cap() which will check for cpuid
leaf 0x80000008 support and set x86_phys_bits. I'll try to build and
run a 32-bit kernel and see how this all flows.
Thanks,
Tom
