All pieces of the puzzle are in place and we can now allow to boot with CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y on a machine without la57 support. Kernel will detect that la57 is missing and fold p4d at runtime. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h index d91ba04dd007..fac9a5c0abe9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h @@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ # define NEED_MOVBE 0 #endif -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL -# define NEED_LA57 (1<<(X86_FEATURE_LA57 & 31)) -#else -# define NEED_LA57 0 -#endif - #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT /* Paravirtualized systems may not have PSE or PGE available */ @@ -104,7 +98,7 @@ #define REQUIRED_MASK13 0 #define REQUIRED_MASK14 0 #define REQUIRED_MASK15 0 -#define REQUIRED_MASK16 (NEED_LA57) +#define REQUIRED_MASK16 0 #define REQUIRED_MASK17 0 #define REQUIRED_MASK_CHECK BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(NCAPINTS != 18) -- 2.11.0