linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] vpopcntdq support

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2017 20:43:38 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
cc:     Piotr Luc <piotr.luc@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] vpopcntdq support

Paolo,

On Tue, 10 Jan 2017, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 10/01/2017 18:34, Piotr Luc wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This patchset adds the support for new CPUID feature bit that announces the
> > vector population count instructions for dwords and qwords.
> > 
> > The path 1/2 adds new feature flags and handles clearing the feature bit in
> > case xsave is not enabled.
> > 
> > The patch 2/2 enables passing the feature bit to a kvm/quemu guest.
> > 
> > The patchset is based on v4.10-rc3.
> 
> Thanks.  I can use a topic branch for patch 1 to apply patch 2.

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86/cpufeature

contains that patch now (nothing else for now):

	 06b35d93af0a: x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ feature

So you can pull that into your tree as a base for the other one.

Thanks,

	tglx