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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 12:51:00 -0500
From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
To: KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@amazon.de>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
        Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
        Arjan Van De Ven <arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
        Jun Nakajima <jun.nakajima@intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] KVM: VMX: Emulate MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES
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On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 10:59:44PM +0100, KarimAllah Ahmed wrote:
> Intel processors use MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR to indicate RDCL_NO
> (bit 0) and IBRS_ALL (bit 1). This is a read-only MSR. By default the
> contents will come directly from the hardware, but user-space can still
> override it.
> 
> [dwmw2: The bit in kvm_cpuid_7_0_edx_x86_features can be unconditional]
> 
> Cc: Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@intel.com>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
> Cc: Arjan Van De Ven <arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com>
> Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Cc: Jun Nakajima <jun.nakajima@intel.com>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>