Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] KVM: MSR-based features

[Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>]

2018-02-22 3:39 GMT+08:00 Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>:
> The following series implements support within KVM for MSR-based features.
> The first patch creates the MSR-based feature framework used to retrieve
> the available MSR-based features.  The second patch makes use of the
> framework to allow a guest to determine if the LFENCE instruction is
> serializing on AMD processors.

Is there a qemu patch for LFENCE instruction?

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

>
> This series is based on the master branch of the KVM git tree.
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git
>
> ---
>
> Changes from v2:
> - Moved back to initializing the MSR-based feature list in kvm_init_msr_list()
>   (based on the kvm_x86_ops callback return code)
> - Removed the definition of KVM_GET_MSR and switched back to using KVM_GET_MSRS
> - Consolidated the documentation to group the ioctl usage and describe the usage
>   specific to the version of the ioctl used.
>
> Tom Lendacky (2):
>       KVM: x86: Add a framework for supporting MSR-based features
>       KVM: SVM: Add MSR-based feature support for serializing LFENCE
>
>
>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt |   29 +++++++++++----
>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |    2 +
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c                |   43 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                |   72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h          |    1 +
>  5 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> --
> Tom Lendacky