linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Expose Predictive Store Forwarding Disable

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Date:   Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:41:55 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     hpa@...or.com, seanjc@...gle.com, vkuznets@...hat.com,
        wanpengli@...cent.com, jmattson@...gle.com, joro@...tes.org,
        tony.luck@...el.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        kyung.min.park@...el.com, wei.huang2@....com, jgross@...e.com,
        andrew.cooper3@...rix.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Expose Predictive Store Forwarding Disable

On 29/09/21 22:27, Babu Moger wrote:
> 
> On 9/28/21 11:04 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 24/09/21 03:15, Babu Moger wrote:
>>>    arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h |    1 +
>>>    arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c               |    2 +-
>>>    2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> Queued, with a private #define instead of the one in cpufeatures.h:
> Thanks Paolo. Don't we need change in guest_has_spec_ctrl_msr?

Not strictly necessary unless you expect processors to have PSFD and not 
SSBD; but yes it's cleaner.

Paolo