From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jan Beulich" Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86/smt: Support for enabling/disabling SMT at runtime Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 03:33:27 -0600 Message-ID: <5CA47DE702000078002242DD@prv1-mh.provo.novell.com> References: <1554235048-3373-1-git-send-email-andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> <1554235048-3373-4-git-send-email-andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1554235048-3373-4-git-send-email-andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Andrew Cooper Cc: Xen-devel , Wei Liu , Roger Pau Monne List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Pj4+IE9uIDAyLjA0LjE5IGF0IDIxOjU3LCA8YW5kcmV3LmNvb3BlcjNAY2l0cml4LmNvbT4gd3Jv dGU6Cj4gQ3VycmVudGx5LCBhIHVzZXIgY2FuIGluIGNvbWJpbmUgdGhlIG91dHB1dCBvZiBgeGwg 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