linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: x86: disable MPX if host did not enable MPX XSAVE features

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Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 2016 18:38:20 +0100
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: x86: disable MPX if host did not enable MPX
 XSAVE features



On 10/03/2016 18:35, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> So we have this queued up for v4.6:
> 
>   58122bf1d856 x86/fpu: Default eagerfpu=on on all CPUs
> 
> and if all goes fine with that then the plan for v4.7 is to remove the lazy FPU 
> restore code altogether.

Whoa.  Unexpected, but I cannot say I'm not happy. :)

Paolo