Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] x86/kvm: Expose new features for supported cpuid

[Zhang, Cathy]

On 8/11/2020 7:59 AM, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > As you suggest, I will split the kvm patch into two parts, SERIALIZE and
> > TSXLDTRK, and this series will include three patches then, 2 kvm patches
> > and 1 kernel patch. SERIALIZE could get merged into 5.9, but TSXLDTRK
> > should wait for the next release. I just want to double confirm with
> > you, please help correct me if I'm wrong.
> Paolo is saying that he has applied the SERIALIZE part to his KVM tree.
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git/commit/?h=queue&id=43bd9ef42b3b862c97f1f4e86bf3ace890bef924
>
> Next step for you is a two part series.
>
> Part 1: Add TSXLDTRK to cpufeatures.h
> Part 2: Add TSXLDTRK to arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c (on top of the version that Paolo committed with SERIALIZE)
>
> Paolo: The 5.9 merge window is still open this week. Will you send the KVM serialize patch to Linus
> before this merge window closes?  Or do you have it queued for v5.10?
>
> -Tony
Got it! Thanks for the explanation, Tony!