linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: Start populating /sys/hypervisor with KVM entries

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Message-Id: <926fdc5e-8ef2-0995-6a74-77b76af0905e@de.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 May 2019 18:31:36 +0200
From:   Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To:     "Sironi, Filippo" <sironi@...zon.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        KVM list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com" <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        "cohuck@...hat.com" <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        "konrad.wilk@...cle.com" <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        "xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
        "vasu.srinivasan@...cle.com" <vasu.srinivasan@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: Start populating /sys/hypervisor with KVM
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On 14.05.19 18:09, Sironi, Filippo wrote:

>> Isnt kvm_para_available a function that is defined in the context of the HOST
>> and not of the guest?
> 
> No, kvm_para_available is defined in the guest context.
> On x86, it checks for the presence of the KVM CPUID leafs.
> 

Right you are, I mixed that up.