x86/cpu: Warn louder about the {set,clear}cpuid boot parameters
Commit 814165e9 ("x86/cpu: Add the 'setcpuid=' boot parameter") recently expanded the user's ability to break their system horribly by overriding effective CPU flags. This was reflected with updates to the documentation to try and make people aware that this is dangerous. To further reduce the risk of users mistaking this for a "real feature", and try to help them figure out why their kernel is tainted if they do use it: - Upgrade the existing printk to pr_warn, to help ensure kernel logs reflect what changes are in effect. - Print an extra warning that tries to be as dramatic as possible, while also highlighting the fact that it tainted the kernel. Suggested-by:Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Signed-off-by:
Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com> Signed-off-by:
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Acked-by:
Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250303-setcpuid-taint-louder-v1-2-8d255032cb4c@google.com
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