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Date:   Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:48:18 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     Babu Moger <babu.moger@amd.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Expose Predictive Store Forwarding Disable
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On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 10:47:01AM -0500, Babu Moger wrote:
> > There are other guests than Linux.  This patch is just telling userspace
> 
> Yes, That is the reason for this patch.

And can you share, per chance, what their use case is?

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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