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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: "Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima@intel.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	"Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@intel.com>,
	"Liu, Jing2" <jing2.liu@intel.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>,
	Jing Liu <jing2.liu@linux.intel.com>,
	"seanjc@google.com" <seanjc@google.com>,
	"Cooper, Andrew" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	"Bae, Chang Seok" <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Subject: Re: Rewording of Setting IA32_XFD[18] (Re: Thoughts of AMX KVM support based on latest kernel)
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 22:53:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bl1oxh26.ffs@tglx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9F8F8297-E70F-427C-BEDA-9FAB86877DBD@intel.com>

Jun,

On Wed, Dec 08 2021 at 00:50, Jun Nakajima wrote:
>> On Nov 19, 2021, at 7:41 AM, Nakajima, Jun <jun.nakajima@intel.com> wrote:
>> I’ll work with the H/W team on those (i.e. rewording and the component 17 issue).
>> 
>
> The following is a possible documentation update that may convey the
> rewording you requested.  Does this (the last sentence, “In addition,
> “) work for you?
>
> 3.3 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SYSTEM SOFTWARE
>
> System software may disable use of Intel AMX by clearing XCR0[18:17],
> by clearing CR4.OSXSAVE, or by setting IA32_XFD[18]. System software
> should initialize AMX state (e.g., by executing TILERELEASE) when
> doing so because maintaining AMX state in a non-initialized state may
> have negative power and performance implications. In addition,
> software should not rely on the state of the tile data after setting
> IA32_XFD[18]; software should always reload or reinitialize the tile
> data after clearing IA32_XFD[18].

looks good to me.

Thanks,

        tglx


      parent reply	other threads:[~2021-12-10 21:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-10 13:01 Thoughts of AMX KVM support based on latest kernel Liu, Jing2
2021-11-16 12:18 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-11-16 16:05   ` Sean Christopherson
2021-11-16 18:55     ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-11-16 19:49       ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-11-16 20:14         ` Sean Christopherson
2021-11-16 20:36         ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-11-16 22:11           ` Nakajima, Jun
2021-11-17  7:39           ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-11-16 20:12       ` Sean Christopherson
2021-11-16 23:35         ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-11-16 19:20 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-11-17  4:52   ` Nakajima, Jun
2021-11-17  7:31     ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-11-17 10:15       ` Tian, Kevin
2021-11-17 12:24         ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-11-17 12:53         ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-11-18 23:17           ` Nakajima, Jun
2021-11-19 10:13             ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-11-19 15:41               ` Nakajima, Jun
2021-12-08  0:50                 ` Rewording of Setting IA32_XFD[18] (Re: Thoughts of AMX KVM support based on latest kernel) Nakajima, Jun
2021-12-08 13:57                   ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-12-10 21:53                   ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]

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