linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/hyperv: Set pv

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Date:   Mon, 28 Oct 2019 12:27:34 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, vkuznets <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>, Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/hyperv: Set pv_info.name to "Hyper-V"

On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 01:06:33PM +0000, Michael Kelley wrote:
>From: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 3:35 AM
>>
>> Michael reported that the x86/hyperv initialization code printed the
>> following dmesg when running in a VM on Hyper-V:
>>
>>   [    0.000738] Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
>>
>> Let the x86/hyperv initialization code set pv_info.name to "Hyper-V";
>> with this addition, the dmesg read:
>>
>>   [    0.000172] Booting paravirtualized kernel on Hyper-V
>>
>> Reported-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>
>
>Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>

Thomas, will you be taking this? Would you rather have me deal with the
hyperv bits under arch/x86/?

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha