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Re: [Xen-devel] Ping: [PATCH 1/6] x86emul: generalize wbinvd() hook



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 02 September 2019 12:10
> To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Andrew Cooper 
> <Andrew.Cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>; Roger Pau Monne
> <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>; Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Ping: [PATCH 1/6] x86emul: generalize wbinvd() hook
> 
> On 01.07.2019 13:55, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > The hook is already in use for other purposes, and emulating e.g.
> > CLFLUSH by issuing WBINVD is, well, not very nice. Rename the hook and
> > add parameters. Use lighter weight flushing insns when possible in
> > hvmemul_cache_op().
> >
> > hvmemul_cache_op() treating x86emul_invd the same as x86emul_wbinvd is
> > to retain original behavior, but I'm not sure this is what we want in
> > the long run.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> Paul,
> 
> any chance I could get your ack (or otherwise) here? I thought I did
> answer the one question you had raised to your satisfaction.
> 

Yes, you did. Sorry for not acking earlier.

Acked-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>


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