linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] x86/cpuid: expose AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512

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Date:   Fri, 4 Nov 2016 16:57:52 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     He Chen <he.chen@...ux.intel.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Luwei Kang <luwei.kang@...el.com>,
        Piotr Luc <Piotr.Luc@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] x86/cpuid: expose AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_4FMAPS
 features to kvm guest

On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 04:13:24PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> I mean that the changes to scattered.c are small, so it makes no sense
> to split them. With an Acked-by I could simply take the patch into my
> tree.

On no, it is not about the size or which tree it goes thru - rather that
having stuff separated conceptually makes the patches much more clear.

The patch order would be

* modify scattered.c to return leaf
* add user of new function

which also makes review almost trivial.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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