Re: [PATCH v2 00/11] x86: xen cpuid() cleanup

From	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2 00/11] x86: xen cpuid() cleanup
Date	2017-04-13 15:50 +0200
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On 04/13/2017 06:11 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Reduce special casing of xen_cpuid() by using cpu capabilities instead
> of faked cpuid nodes.
>
> This cleanup enables us remove the hypervisor specific set_cpu_features
> callback as the same effect can be reached via
> setup_[clear|force]_cpu_cap().
>
> Removing the rest faked nodes from xen_cpuid() requires some more work
> as the remaining cases (mwait leafs and extended topology info) have
> to be handled at the consumer sides of this information.

Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>


-boris

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[PATCH v2 00/11] x86: xen cpuid() cleanup Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> - 2017-04-13 12:20 +0200
  [PATCH v2 06/11] x86/xen: use capabilities instead of fake cpuid values for acpi Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> - 2017-04-13 12:20 +0200
  [PATCH v2 10/11] vmware: set cpu capabilities during platform initialization Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> - 2017-04-13 12:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 10/11] vmware: set cpu capabilities during platform  initialization Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com> - 2017-04-13 12:30 +0200
  [PATCH v2 11/11] x86/cpu: remove hypervisor specific set_cpu_features Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> - 2017-04-13 12:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 00/11] x86: xen cpuid() cleanup Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2017-04-13 15:50 +0200

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