linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] KVM/nVMX: Set the CPU_BASED_USE_MSR_BITMAPS if we have a valid L02 MSR bitmap

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Date:   Sun, 11 Feb 2018 11:55:02 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     "Woodhouse, David" <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>
Cc:     "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "jmattson@...gle.com" <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        "Raslan, KarimAllah" <karahmed@...zon.de>,
        "arjan.van.de.ven@...el.com" <arjan.van.de.ven@...el.com>,
        "torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "pbonzini@...hat.com" <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        "bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>,
        "Sironi, Filippo" <sironi@...zon.de>,
        "dave.hansen@...el.com" <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        "rkrcmar@...hat.com" <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] KVM/nVMX: Set the CPU_BASED_USE_MSR_BITMAPS if we
 have a valid L02 MSR bitmap


* Woodhouse, David <dwmw@...zon.co.uk> wrote:

> On Sun, 2018-02-11 at 11:19 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > Note, I fixed the changelog to refer to the correct upstream SHA1,
> > which is:
> > 
> >   d28b387fb74d: KVM/VMX: Allow direct access to MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL
> 
> Thanks for catching that.
> 
> Wouldn't it be nice if 'git rebase --interactive tip/x86/pti' had done
> that *for* me? :)

Yeah, but given that the commit title changed as well:

   086e7d4118cc ("KVM: VMX: Allow direct access to MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL")
   d28b387fb74d ("KVM/VMX: Allow direct access to MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL")

I'd rather not have tooling guess about such things.

Thanks,

	Ingo