linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Enable SMEP CPU Feature

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Date:	Fri, 20 May 2011 10:21:17 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Shan, Haitao" <haitao.shan@...el.com>
Cc:	"Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Mallick, Asit K" <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Enable SMEP CPU Feature


* Shan, Haitao <haitao.shan@...el.com> wrote:

> After this basic enabling work, we could work out a patch to address Ingo's 
> idea, which will mandatorily turn on SMEP for guests.

FYI, basic host arch/x86/ kernel SMEP support is now upstream (sent it to Linus 
yesterday) and will be released as part of v2.6.40.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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