Re: [PATCH 0/4] Advertise CPUID for new instructions in Clearwater Forest

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On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 02:35:55PM +0800, Tao Su wrote:
> Latest Intel platform Clearwater Forest has introduced new instructions
> for SHA512, SM3, SM4 and AVX-VNNI-INT16.
> 
> This patch set is for advertising these CPUIDs to userspace so that guests
> can query them directly. Since these new instructions can't be intercepted
> and only use xmm, ymm registers, host doesn't require to do additional
> enabling for guest.
> 
> These new instructions are already updated into SDM [1].
> 
> ---
> [1] https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/671200

I'm willing to bet some money that this URL will become invalid in a while.

> Tao Su (4):
>   x86: KVM: Advertise SHA512 CPUID to userspace
>   x86: KVM: Advertise SM3 CPUID to userspace
>   x86: KVM: Advertise SM4 CPUID to userspace
>   KVM: x86: Advertise AVX-VNNI-INT16 CPUID to userspace

Why aren't those a single patch instead of 4 very similar ones?

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