Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:47:49 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86: Do not return host topology information from KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID | From | Paolo Bonzini <> |
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On 1/26/23 17:06, Jim Mattson wrote: >>> Sadly, there isn't a single kernel involved. People running our VMM on >>> their desktops are going to be impacted as soon as this patch hits >>> that distro. (I don't know if I can say which distro that is.) So, now >>> we have to get the VMM folks to urgently accommodate this change and >>> get a new distribution out. >> >> Ok, this is what is needed to make a more informed choice. To be clear, >> this is _still_ not public (for example it's not ChromeOS), so there is >> at least some control on what version of the VMM they use? Would it >> make sense to buy you a few months by deferring this patch to Linux 6.3-6.5? > > Mainline isn't a problem. I'm more worried about 5.19 LTS.
5.19 is not LTS, is it? This patch is only in 6.1.7 and 6.1.8 as far as stable kernels is concerned, should I ask Greg to revert it there?
Paolo
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