linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] Documentation/kvm: Update cpuid documentation for steal time and pv eoi

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Date:	Thu, 12 Sep 2013 10:51:39 +0530
From:	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, mtosatti@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] Documentation/kvm: Update cpuid documentation for
 steal time and pv eoi

On 09/04/2013 02:18 PM, Raghavendra K T wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>   Changes in V2:
>    Correction in the description of steal time and added msr info (Michael S Tsirkin)
>
>   Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt | 10 ++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
> index 22ff659..6c4fb20 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
> @@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2           ||     3 || kvmclock available at msrs
>   KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF               ||     4 || async pf can be enabled by
>                                      ||       || writing to msr 0x4b564d02
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +KVM_FEATURE_STEAL_TIME             ||     5 || Steal time available at msr
> +                                   ||       || 0x4b564d03. The feature is enabled
> +                                   ||       || by guest when host has schedstat
> +                                   ||       || or task delay accounting support.
> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI                 ||     6 || overrides the generic EOI
> +                                   ||       || implementation with a
> +                                   ||       || paravirtualized version. Available
> +                                   ||       || at msr 0x4b564d04.
> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT              ||     7 || guest checks this feature bit
>                                      ||       || before enabling paravirtualized
>                                      ||       || spinlock support.
>

Michael,

Are you okay with the above patch. Please let me know.

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