Re: [PATCH 2/4] KVM: x86: Advertise AMX CPUIDs in subleaf 0x1E.0x1 to userspace

From: Zhao Liu

Date: Sun Jan 25 2026 - 02:25:42 EST


> Unless someone feels *very* strongly about the "mirror" terminology, I'm going to
> use ALIAS instead of MIRROR when applying, to match KVM's existing terminology for
> the 8000_0001.EDX => 1.EDX aliases.
>
> /*
> * Intel-defined sub-features, CPUID level 0x0000001E:1 (EAX). Note, several
> * of the bits are aliases to features of the same name that are enumerated via
> * various CPUID.0x7 sub-leafs.
> */
> #define X86_FEATURE_AMX_INT8_ALIAS KVM_X86_FEATURE(CPUID_1E_1_EAX, 0)
> #define X86_FEATURE_AMX_BF16_ALIAS KVM_X86_FEATURE(CPUID_1E_1_EAX, 1)
> #define X86_FEATURE_AMX_COMPLEX_ALIAS KVM_X86_FEATURE(CPUID_1E_1_EAX, 2)
> #define X86_FEATURE_AMX_FP16_ALIAS KVM_X86_FEATURE(CPUID_1E_1_EAX, 3)

LGTM, yes, ALIAS sounds better than MIRROR.

Thanks,
Zhao