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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC 0/2] KVM: x86: Support using the VMX preemption timer for APIC Timer periodic/oneshot mode
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Sigh, I heard the same idea from a company called Huawei, they applied
> the patent for the idea.

Seriously? What arseholes.

Also, calling that an invention is a bit of a joke. It's called the
VMX *preemption* timer. Using it for preemption isn't exactly rocket
science. Neither is passing an MSR straight through.

That being said, the lack of scaling and offset support is indeed problematic.

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