Re: CPUID.40000001H:EDX.KVM_HINTS_REALTIME[bit 0]

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Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 14:47, Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Per the KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID ioctl, the KVM_HINTS_REALTIME CPUID
>> bit is never supported.
>>
>> Is this just an oversight?
>
> It is a performance hint, not a PV feature and doesn't depend on KVM.
>

True, but personally I'd prefer it to be reported in
KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID too, that would mean that userspace is in its
right to set it, just like any other PV 'thingy', even if just for
consistency.

-- 
Vitaly




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