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From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] X86/VMX: Disable VMX preemption timer if MWAIT is not
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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:21:36 -0400
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On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 02:15:46PM +0200, KarimAllah Ahmed wrote:
> The VMX-preemption timer is used by KVM as a way to set deadlines for the
> guest (i.e. timer emulation). That was safe till very recently when
> capability KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_MWAIT to disable intercepting MWAIT was
> introduced. According to Intel SDM 25.5.1:

Would it make sense to remove the '25.5.1' and just have the chapter name, etc
as those do move around?