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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/14] KVM: x86: change PIT discard tick policy
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:49:10 +0100
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On 17/02/2016 20:14, Radim Kr=C4=8Dm=C3=A1=C5=99 wrote:
>=20
> Even though there is a chance of regressions, I think we can fix the
> LVT0 NMI bug without introducing a new tick policy.

I agree, but please change the KVM_CAP_REINJECT_CONTROL check to return
2.  This way we can make QEMU reject old kernels when the user provides
"-global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=3Dmerge".

Paolo