linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/kvm/hyper-v: don't recommend doing reset via synthetic MSR

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Date:   Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:19:33 +0100
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Roman Kagan <rkagan@...tuozzo.com>,
        Liran Alon <liran.alon@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/kvm/hyper-v: don't recommend doing reset via synthetic MSR

System reset through synthetic MSR is not recommended neither by genuine
Hyper-V nor my QEMU.

Fixes: 2bc39970e932 ("x86/kvm/hyper-v: Introduce KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID")
Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@...cle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
index ac44a681f065..4840f5b3c88f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
@@ -1847,7 +1847,6 @@ int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_get_hv_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_cpuid2 *cpuid,
 		case HYPERV_CPUID_ENLIGHTMENT_INFO:
 			ent->eax |= HV_X64_REMOTE_TLB_FLUSH_RECOMMENDED;
 			ent->eax |= HV_X64_APIC_ACCESS_RECOMMENDED;
-			ent->eax |= HV_X64_SYSTEM_RESET_RECOMMENDED;
 			ent->eax |= HV_X64_RELAXED_TIMING_RECOMMENDED;
 			ent->eax |= HV_X64_CLUSTER_IPI_RECOMMENDED;
 			ent->eax |= HV_X64_EX_PROCESSOR_MASKS_RECOMMENDED;
-- 
2.20.1