From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jan Beulich" Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/vpmu_intel: Fix hypervisor crash by masking PC bit in MSR_P6_EVNTSEL Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 01:22:56 -0600 Message-ID: <590AF2F00200007800156988@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> References: <20170426181104.10112-1-mohit.gambhir@oracle.com> <35183ca6-379e-6605-e5ed-6f54ee2e6639@citrix.com> <23427c77-0b2b-0046-13dc-6a3dddfe85a1@oracle.com> <5901BABA0200007800154A59@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <590224C20200007800154DDB@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <8a655317-eb71-fb7a-3724-0856be958c2e@oracle.com> <27656d66-760d-57e1-187f-42e14ea44487@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <27656d66-760d-57e1-187f-42e14ea44487@oracle.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Mohit Gambhir Cc: Kevin Tian , Andrew Cooper , 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