Re: [PATCH 5/8] KVM: X86: Add callback to let modules decide over some supported cpuid bits

Avi Kivity
2010-04-23T13:59:34Z

On 04/23/2010 04:52 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
> On 22.04.2010, at 12:33, Joerg Roedel wrote:
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>> This patch adds the get_supported_cpuid callback to
>> kvm_x86_ops. It will be used in do_cpuid_ent to delegate the
>> decission about some supported cpuid bits to the
>> architecture modules.
>>
>> Cc: stable@kernel.org
>>
> Please don't CC stable. There is a KVM stable tag now, so every stable submission goes through Avi/Marcelo.
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It's not a problem. stable@ will ignore kvm patches not coming from the
maintainers, and we will recognize cc: stable as a stable request.

(the new approach is to collect the patches in kvm-updates/2.6.x,
autotest, and forward to stable@).

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