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Yes, I have a new patch that takes into account Tom's suggestion. It is a minor change. I was holding off to incorporate feedback from others (Pawan). I will send the new patch with Tom's suggestions incorporated. > > FYI. > I was going to ask you a question about x86_spec_ctrl_mask. > But, since it is used only for KVM (although x86_spec_ctrl_mask > is defined/used only in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c), > I plan to ask you about it once your KVM patch gets updated > rather than this patch. > > Thanks, > Reiji >