Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:51:05 -0700 | From | Sean Christopherson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] KVM: pass through CPUID(0x80000006) |
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 07:37:26PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 06:23:20PM -0700, Jon Cargille wrote: > > From: Eric Northup <digitaleric@gmail.com> > > > > Return L2 cache and TLB information to guests. > > They could have been set before, but the defaults that KVM returns will be > > necessary for usermode that doesn't supply their own CPUID tables. > > I don't follow the changelog. The code makes sense, but I don't understand > the justification. This only affects KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID, i.e. what's > advertised to userspace, it doesn't directly change CPUID emulation in any > way. The "They could have been set before" blurb is especially confusing. > > I assume you want to say something like: > > Return the host's L2 cache and TLB information for CPUID.0x80000006 > instead of zeroing out the entry as part of KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID. > This allows a userspace VMM to feed KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID's output > directly into KVM_SET_CPUID2 (without breaking the guest). > > > Signed-off-by: Eric Northup <digitaleric@google.com> > > Signed-off-by: Eric Northup <digitaleric@gmail.com> > > Signed-off-by: Jon Cargille <jcargill@google.com> > > Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com> > > Jim's tag is unnecessary, unless he was a middleman between Eric and Jon, > in which case Jim's tag should also come between Eric's and Jon's. > > Only one of Eric's signoffs is needed (the one that matches the From: tag, > i.e. is the official author). I'm guessing Google would prefer the author > to be the @google.com address.
Ah, Eric's @google.com mail bounced. Maybe do:
Signed-off-by: Eric Northup (Google) <digitaleric@gmail.com>
to clarify the work was done for Google without having a double signoff and/or a dead email.
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