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Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] kvm: vmx: allow host to access guest
 MSR_IA32_BNDCFGS" failed to apply to 4.12-stable tree
To: haozhong.zhang@intel.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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On 19/07/2017 03:10, haozhong.zhang@intel.com wrote:
> I think the following patches should be backported as well before
> applying mine:
> 
> a8b6fda38f80 kvm: vmx: Do not disable intercepts for BNDCFGS
> 4439af9f911a kvm: x86: Guest BNDCFGS requires guest MPX support
> 4531662d1abf kvm: vmx: Check value written to IA32_BNDCFGS

Ack, all three are good bugfixes for 4.12 (read, safe enough that
Haozhong's patch shouldn't be blocked or backported manually).

Thanks,

Paolo