[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [PATCH for-4.16] x86/cpuid: do not shrink number of leaves in max policies
On 24/11/2021 19:01, Ian Jackson wrote: > Andrew Cooper writes ("Re: [PATCH for-4.16] x86/cpuid: do not shrink number > of leaves in max policies"): >> It may revert cleanly, but it won't build because of the first hunk in >> 81da2b544cbb00. That hunk needs reverting too, because it too breaks >> some cpuid= settings in VM config files. > Would you be able to prepare the two-patch series (?) that does the > necessary reverts ? I'd do it as a single patch, but I can try to prepare one. >> In principle, the *final* thing the toolstack should do, *for brand new >> VMs only*, is a shrink of that form, but this depends on whole load more >> toolstack work before it can be done safely. There is a plan to fix >> CPUID handling, in a safe way, and it is ongoing (subject to all the >> security interruptions), but has a long way to go yet. > For clarity: I think you are discussing future aspirations, which do > not concern us for 4.16. Correct. ~Andrew
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