Re: [PATCH] x86/rapl: Do not load in a guest

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 09:46:42AM -0800, Jacob Pan wrote:
> Since RAPL is not architectural, consistency of hw support needs lots
> of improvement at the least.

It should have received a CPUID bit, no matter if it is architectural or
not.

> This error message is valid in other than VM. Domain detection error
> already propagated.

Huh, didn't I say that?

> This is good for the first level RAPL detection. The only way is to
> base detection on known CPU models.

...and yet Hannes sees it on a minnowboard. CCed.

The CPU model-based detection is ugly and does not always work, as
you see.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
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