Re: [PATCH v4 00/19] x86/cpu: Clean up handling of VMX features

Borislav Petkov
2019-12-12T14:08:09Z

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 05:39:57PM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Clean up a handful of interrelated warts in the kernel's handling of VMX:
>
> - Enable VMX in IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL during boot instead of on-demand
> during KVM load to avoid future contention over IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL.
>
> - Rework VMX feature reporting so that it is accurate and up-to-date,
> now and in the future.
>
> - Consolidate code across CPUs that support VMX.

Ok, this is shaping up slowly to be upstream-ready, AFAICT.

How are we merging the next revision, after the minor things have been
taken care of? Through tip?

Paolo?

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Boris.