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From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@suse.com>
To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Cc: Xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/27] x86/cpuid: Calculate appropriate max_leaf values for the global policies
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 06:43:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <586E5BAA020000780012D694@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1483533584-8015-22-git-send-email-andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>

>>> On 04.01.17 at 13:39, <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> wrote:
> --- a/xen/include/asm-x86/cpuid.h
> +++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/cpuid.h
> @@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ struct cpuid_policy
>       * Global *_policy objects:
>       *
>       * - Host accurate:
> -     *   - max_{,sub}leaf
>       *   - {xcr0,xss}_{high,low}
>       *
>       * - Guest appropriate:
> +     *   - max_{,sub}leaf
>       *   - All FEATURESET_* words

I can see the point of the addition, but why the removal?

Jan


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Thread overview: 93+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-04 12:39 [PATCH 00/27] xen/x86: Per-domain CPUID policies Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 01/27] x86/cpuid: Untangle the <asm/cpufeature.h> include hierachy Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 13:39   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 02/27] x86/cpuid: Introduce guest_cpuid() and struct cpuid_leaf Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 14:01   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 14:47     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 15:49       ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 03/27] x86/cpuid: Introduce struct cpuid_policy Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 14:22   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 15:05     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 15:58       ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 04/27] x86/cpuid: Move featuresets into " Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 14:35   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 15:10     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 15:59       ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 05/27] x86/cpuid: Allocate a CPUID policy for every domain Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 14:40   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 06/27] x86/domctl: Make XEN_DOMCTL_set_address_size singleshot Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 14:42   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 07/27] x86/cpuid: Recalculate a domains CPUID policy when appropriate Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 15:01   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 15:33     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 16:04       ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 17:37         ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05  8:24           ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-05 14:42             ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 14:56               ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 08/27] x86/hvm: Dispatch cpuid_viridian_leaves() from guest_cpuid() Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 15:24   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 15:36     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 16:11       ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 09/27] x86/cpuid: Dispatch cpuid_hypervisor_leaves() " Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 15:34   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 15:40     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 16:14       ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 10/27] x86/cpuid: Introduce named feature bitmaps Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 15:44   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 17:21     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05  8:27       ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-05 14:53         ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 15:00           ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 11/27] x86/hvm: Improve hvm_efer_valid() using named features Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 11:34   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-05 14:57     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 12/27] x86/hvm: Improve CR4 verification " Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 11:39   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 13/27] x86/vvmx: Use hvm_cr4_guest_valid_bits() to calculate MSR_IA32_VMX_CR4_FIXED1 Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05  2:40   ` Tian, Kevin
2017-01-05 11:42   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 14/27] x86/pv: Improve pv_cpuid() using named features Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 11:43   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 15/27] x86/hvm: Improve CPUID and MSR handling " Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 12:06   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 16/27] x86/svm: Improvements " Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 14:52   ` Boris Ostrovsky
2017-01-04 15:42     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 17/27] x86/pv: Use per-domain policy information when calculating the cpumasks Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 12:23   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-05 12:24     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 18/27] x86/pv: Use per-domain policy information in pv_cpuid() Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 12:44   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-05 12:46     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 19/27] x86/hvm: Use per-domain policy information in hvm_cpuid() Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 12:55   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-05 13:03     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 20/27] x86/cpuid: Drop the temporary linear feature bitmap from struct cpuid_policy Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 13:07   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-05 13:12     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 21/27] x86/cpuid: Calculate appropriate max_leaf values for the global policies Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 13:43   ` Jan Beulich [this message]
2017-01-05 14:13     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 14:24       ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 22/27] x86/cpuid: Perform max_leaf calculations in guest_cpuid() Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 13:51   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-05 14:28     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 14:52       ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-05 15:02         ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 15:39           ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 23/27] x86/cpuid: Move all leaf 7 handling into guest_cpuid() Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 14:01   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-05 14:39     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 14:55       ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 24/27] x86/hvm: Use guest_cpuid() rather than hvm_cpuid() Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 14:02   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 25/27] x86/svm: " Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 15:26   ` Boris Ostrovsky
2017-01-05 14:04   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 26/27] x86/cpuid: Effectively remove pv_cpuid() and hvm_cpuid() Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 14:06   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-05 14:11     ` Andrew Cooper
2017-01-04 12:39 ` [PATCH 27/27] x86/cpuid: Alter the legacy-path prototypes to match guest_cpuid() Andrew Cooper
2017-01-05 14:19   ` Jan Beulich
2017-01-05 15:09     ` Andrew Cooper

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