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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:07:55 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
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Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/19] x86/cpu: Clean up handling of VMX features
On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 05:39:57PM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Clean up a handful of interrelated warts in the kernel's handling of VMX:
>
> - Enable VMX in IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL during boot instead of on-demand
> during KVM load to avoid future contention over IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL.
>
> - Rework VMX feature reporting so that it is accurate and up-to-date,
> now and in the future.
>
> - Consolidate code across CPUs that support VMX.
Ok, this is shaping up slowly to be upstream-ready, AFAICT.
How are we merging the next revision, after the minor things have been
taken care of? Through tip?
Paolo?
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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