linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kvm: document CPUID bit for MSR_KVM_POLL

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Date:   Tue, 2 Jul 2019 18:36:42 -0300
From:   Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kvm: document CPUID bit for
 MSR_KVM_POLL_CONTROL

On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 06:57:53PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
> index 979a77ba5377..2bdac528e4a2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
> @@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ KVM_FEATURE_PV_SEND_IPI            ||    11 || guest checks this feature bit
>                                     ||       || before using paravirtualized
>                                     ||       || send IPIs.
>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +KVM_FEATURE_PV_POLL_CONTROL        ||    12 || host-side polling on HLT can
> +                                   ||       || be disabled by writing
> +                                   ||       || to msr 0x4b564d05.
> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  KVM_FEATURE_PV_SCHED_YIELD         ||    13 || guest checks this feature bit
>                                     ||       || before using paravirtualized
>                                     ||       || sched yield.
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1

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