linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] perf/x86/amd: Don't touch the Host-only bit inside the guest hypervisor

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Message-Id: <20220318030757.1706799-1-sidongli1997@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:07:57 +0800
From:   Dongli Si <kvmx86@...il.com>
To:     bp@...en8.de
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] perf/x86/amd: Don't touch the Host-only bit inside the guest hypervisor

On 16/03/2022 18:29, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> What's the point of this "wrapper"?

Hi Borislav, this is just to more clearly test if the current kernel is
running directly on the host.

If this is redundant, I can remove this "wrapper" and resend the patch,
the v4 patch code will be the same as the v1 patch.
 
Thanks,
Dongli