From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55D67C3A589 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2019 19:21:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25A7921855 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2019 19:21:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727158AbfHRTVD (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Aug 2019 15:21:03 -0400 Received: from Galois.linutronix.de ([193.142.43.55]:44893 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727127AbfHRTVC (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Aug 2019 15:21:02 -0400 Received: from pd9ef1cb8.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([217.239.28.184] helo=nanos) by Galois.linutronix.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1hzQjc-0002l5-BD; Sun, 18 Aug 2019 21:21:00 +0200 Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 21:20:59 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Gleixner To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Thomas_Hellstr=F6m_=28VMware=29?= cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pv-drivers@vmware.com, Thomas Hellstrom , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , "H. Peter Anvin" , x86@kernel.org, Doug Covelli Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86/vmware: Update platform detection code for VMCALL/VMMCALL hypercalls In-Reply-To: <20190818143316.4906-2-thomas_os@shipmail.org> Message-ID: References: <20190818143316.4906-1-thomas_os@shipmail.org> <20190818143316.4906-2-thomas_os@shipmail.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (DEB 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323329-739704290-1566156060=:1923" X-Linutronix-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Linutronix-Spam-Level: - X-Linutronix-Spam-Status: No , -1.0 points, 5.0 required, ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323329-739704290-1566156060=:1923 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sun, 18 Aug 2019, Thomas Hellström (VMware) wrote: > From: Thomas Hellstrom > > Vmware has historically used an "inl" instruction for this, but recent > hardware versions support using VMCALL/VMMCALL instead, so use this method > if supported at platform detection time. We explicitly need to code > separate macro versions since the alternatives self-patching has not > been performed at platform detection time. > > We also put tighter constraints on the assembly input parameters and update > the SPDX license info. Can you please split the license stuff into a separate patch? You know, one patch one thing. It's documented for a reason. While at it could you please ask your legal folks whether that custom license boilerplate can go away as well? Thanks, tglx --8323329-739704290-1566156060=:1923--