On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 11:40:41AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT used in many places. I don't think it is good idea to > give up on patching completely. Have you even looked at boot_cpu_has()'s asm? -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette