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Date:	Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:56:17 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 18/46] KVM: Always report x2apic as supported feature

From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>

We emulate x2apic in software, so host support is not required.

Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index e3d9040..dfb0e37 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1504,6 +1504,9 @@ static void do_cpuid_ent(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry, u32 function,
 	case 1:
 		entry->edx &= kvm_supported_word0_x86_features;
 		entry->ecx &= kvm_supported_word4_x86_features;
+		/* we support x2apic emulation even if host does not support
+		 * it since we emulate x2apic in software */
+		entry->ecx |= F(X2APIC);
 		break;
 	/* function 2 entries are STATEFUL. That is, repeated cpuid commands
 	 * may return different values. This forces us to get_cpu() before
-- 
1.6.4.1

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