linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/11] tools: Sync cpufeatures.h and vmx.h with the kernel

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Date:	Tue, 9 Aug 2016 10:57:26 -0600
From:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>,
	Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/11] tools: Sync cpufeatures.h and vmx.h with the kernel

On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 01:01:30PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> 
> There were changes related to the deprecation of the "pcommit"
> instruction:
> 
>   fd1d961dd681 ("x86/insn: remove pcommit")
>   dfa169bbee00 ("Revert "KVM: x86: add pcommit support"")
> 
> No need to update anything in the tools, as "pcommit" wasn't being
> listed on the VMX_EXIT_REASONS in the tools/perf/arch/x86/util/kvm-stat.c
> file.
> 
> Just grab fresh copies of these files to silence the file cache
> coherency detector:
> 
>   $ make -C tools/perf O=/tmp/build/perf install-bin
>   make: Entering directory '/home/acme/git/linux/tools/perf'
>     BUILD:   Doing 'make -j4' parallel build
>   Warning: tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h differs from kernel
>   Warning: tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h differs from kernel
>     INSTALL  GTK UI
>   <SNIP>
>   #
> 
> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
> Cc: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-07pmcc1ysydhyyxbmp1vt0l4@git.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>