Re: [PATCH 1/1] KVM: pass through CPUID(0x80000006)

[Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 07:37:26PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 06:23:20PM -0700, Jon Cargille wrote:
> > From: Eric Northup <digitaleric@gmail.com>
> > 
> > Return L2 cache and TLB information to guests.
> > They could have been set before, but the defaults that KVM returns will be
> > necessary for usermode that doesn't supply their own CPUID tables.
> 
> I don't follow the changelog.  The code makes sense, but I don't understand
> the justification.  This only affects KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID, i.e. what's
> advertised to userspace, it doesn't directly change CPUID emulation in any
> way.  The "They could have been set before" blurb is especially confusing.
> 
> I assume you want to say something like:
> 
>   Return the host's L2 cache and TLB information for CPUID.0x80000006
>   instead of zeroing out the entry as part of KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID.
>   This allows a userspace VMM to feed KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID's output
>   directly into KVM_SET_CPUID2 (without breaking the guest).
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Northup <digitaleric@google.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Northup <digitaleric@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jon Cargille <jcargill@google.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
> 
> Jim's tag is unnecessary, unless he was a middleman between Eric and Jon,
> in which case Jim's tag should also come between Eric's and Jon's.
> 
> Only one of Eric's signoffs is needed (the one that matches the From: tag,
> i.e. is the official author).  I'm guessing Google would prefer the author
> to be the @google.com address.

Ah, Eric's @google.com mail bounced.  Maybe do:

  Signed-off-by: Eric Northup (Google) <digitaleric@gmail.com>

to clarify the work was done for Google without having a double signoff
and/or a dead email.