Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 17/28] x86/cpu: Rework Intel masking/faulting setup

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 15.03.16 at 16:35, <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This patch is best reviewed as its end result rather than as a diff, as it
> rewrites almost all of the setup.
> 
> On the BSP, cpuid information is used to evaluate the potential available 
> set
> of masking MSRs, and they are unconditionally probed, filling in the
> availability information and hardware defaults.  A side effect of this is 
> that
> probe_intel_cpuid_faulting() can move to being __init.
> 
> The command line parameters are then combined with the hardware defaults to
> further restrict the Xen default masking level.  Each cpu is then context
> switched into the default levelling state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>


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