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IFS is a CPU feature that allows a binary blob, similar to microcode, to be loaded and consumed to perform low level validation of CPU circuitry. In fact, it carries the same Processor Signature (family/model/stepping) details that are contained in Intel microcode blobs. In support of an IFS driver to trigger loading, validation, and running of these tests blobs, make the functionality of cpu_signatures_match() and collect_cpu_info_early() available outside of the microcode driver. Add an "intel_" prefix and drop the "_early" suffix from collect_cpu_info_early() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() it. Add declaration to x86 <asm/cpu.h> Make cpu_signatures_match() an inline function in x86 <asm/cpu.h>, and also give it an "intel_" prefix. No functional change intended. Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@intel.com> Co-developed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220506225410.1652287-2-tony.luck@intel.com Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.