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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Tao Xu <tao3.xu@intel.com>
Cc: rkrcmar@redhat.com, corbet@lwn.net, tglx@linutronix.de,
	mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, hpa@zytor.com,
	sean.j.christopherson@intel.com, x86@kernel.org,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jingqi.liu@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: x86: add support for user wait instructions
Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 04:38:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b5daf72d-d764-baa4-8e7f-b09dff417786@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c1b27714-2eb8-055e-f26c-e17787d83bb6@intel.com>

On 29/05/19 04:05, Tao Xu wrote:
>>
> 
> Thank you Paolo, but I have another question. I was wondering if it is
> appropriate to enable X86_FEATURE_WAITPKG when QEMU uses "-overcommit
> cpu-pm=on"?

"-overcommit" only establishes the behavior of KVM, it doesn't change
the cpuid bits.  So you'd need "-cpu" as well.

Paolo

> Or just enable X86_FEATURE_WAITPKG when QEMU add the feature
> "-cpu host,+waitpkg"? User wait instructions is the wait or pause
> instructions may be executed at any privilege level, but can use
> IA32_UMWAIT_CONTROL to set the maximum time.


  reply	other threads:[~2019-05-29  2:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-24  7:56 [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: x86: Enable user wait instructions Tao Xu
2019-05-24  7:56 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: x86: add support for " Tao Xu
2019-05-27 10:30   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-05-28  5:11     ` Tao Xu
2019-05-28  6:11       ` Wanpeng Li
2019-05-28  7:19         ` Tao Xu
2019-05-29  1:26           ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-05-29  1:25     ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-05-29  1:24   ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-05-29  2:05     ` Tao Xu
2019-05-29  2:38       ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2019-05-29  3:12         ` Tao Xu
2019-05-24  7:56 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] KVM: vmx: Emulate MSR IA32_UMWAIT_CONTROL Tao Xu
2019-05-29  1:29   ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-05-29  1:38     ` Tao Xu
2019-05-24  7:56 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] KVM: vmx: handle vm-exit for UMWAIT and TPAUSE Tao Xu
2019-05-29  1:28   ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-05-29  2:25     ` Tao Xu
2019-05-29  2:39       ` Paolo Bonzini

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