linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: x86: expose direct stores instructions into VM.

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Message-ID: <6462fea6-7963-3fcb-dbcd-c94f1971c30b@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:16:33 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Liu Jingqi <jingqi.liu@...el.com>, rkrcmar@...hat.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com
Cc:     bp@...en8.de, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tao3.xu@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: x86: expose direct stores instructions into
 VM.

On 06/11/18 06:55, Liu Jingqi wrote:
> Direct stores instructions MOVDIRI and MOVDIR64B will be available in
> Tremont and other future x86 processors,
> and need to be exposed to guest VM.
> 
> The release document ref below link:
> https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/c5/15/\
> architecture-instruction-set-extensions-programming-reference.pdf
> 
> This series expose movdiri and movdir64b features to guest VM.
> 
> Changelog:
> v2:
> 	Separated from the series https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/10/160
> 	since umonitor/umwait/tpause instructions patches are not ready yet.
> v1:
> 	Sent out with umonitor/umwait/tpause instructions patches.
> 
> Liu Jingqi (2):
>   KVM: x86: expose MOVDIRI CPU feature into VM.
>   KVM: x86: expose MOVDIR64B CPU feature into VM.
> 
>  arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Queued, thanks.

Paolo