linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: MTRR: fix memory type handling if MTRR is completely disabled

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:29:24 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
CC:	gleb@...nel.org, mtosatti@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bsd@...hat.com, lersek@...hat.com,
	jordan.l.justen@...el.com, edk2-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: MTRR: fix memory type handling if MTRR is completely
 disabled



On 07/23/2015 02:21 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
>
> On 16/07/2015 06:10, Alex Williamson wrote:
>> On Thu, 2015-07-16 at 03:25 +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>>>> From: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...el.com>
>>>>
>>>> Currently code uses default memory type if MTRR is fully disabled,
>>>> fix it by using UC instead
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...el.com>
>>>> ---
>> Seems to work for me.  I don't see a 0th patch, but for the series:
>>
>> Tested-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
>
> In fact this is the same quirk already implemented for SVM as
> KVM_QUIRK_CD_NW_CLEARED, so we can reuse the bit.

Sounds good to me. I will drop the new bit and reuse as your suggestion.
And i think we need document this whole staff in API.txt ...
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