Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:20:13 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86/cpu: proc - remove "wp" status line in cpuinfo |
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On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 10:12:09PM +0100, Mathias Krause wrote: > As of commit a5c2a893dbd4 ("x86, 386 removal: Remove > CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK") the kernel won't boot if CR0.WP isn't working > correctly. This makes a process reading this file always see "wp : yes" > here -- otherwise there would be no process to begin with ;) > > As this status line in /proc/cpuinfo serves no purpose for quite some > time now, get rid of it.
Right, sure, except /proc/cpuinfo's format is kind of an ABI and scripts rely on it, I'm being told. TBH, I'd remove that wp:-line too but this is just me. tip guys' call.
FWIW, for all three:
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
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