Re: [PATCH v5 00/26] KVM: arm64: SVE guest support

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On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 05:51:51PM +0000, Dave Martin wrote:
> This series implements support for allowing KVM guests to use the Arm
> Scalable Vector Extension (SVE), superseding the previous v5 series [1].
> 
> The patches are also available on a branch for reviewer convenience. [2]
> 
> The patches are based on v5.1-rc1.
> 
> The series has been reworked to remove the dependency on [3],
> eliminating the ABI "fixes" but keeping the relevant cleanup/
> refactoring.  (See patch 16.)
> 
> This series addresses review comments received on v5, and contains one
> significant change:
> 
>  * A new ioctl KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE is added to replace the implicit
>    finalization behaviour in v5.  If userspace enables SVE, it must now
>    use this ioctl to finalize the vcpu configuration before KVM_RUN
>    etc. or SVE register access are permitted.
> 
> For a description of minor updates, see the individual patches.
> 
> 
> Known issues:
> 
>  * This update requires modifications to kvmtool that are not published
>    yet.  I will reply to this cover letter with a link when those are
>    available (hopefully within 24 hours of this posting).
>

Hi Dave and Peter,

Do either of you know if anyone has picked up the QEMU side of this?
If not, then I'll take it.

Thanks,
drew
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