Re: [PATCH] Add MCE support to KVM

[Avi Kivity]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> > It depends if the MSR may be considered global, or is required to be 
> > per-cpu.  Need to refresh my memory on this, but I remember reading this 
> >     
>
> Machine Check MSRs need to be per CPU. The latest kernels have some support
> for "shared banks" (between CPUs) but it's better to not have it and
> older OS don't like it.
>   

In the case of the hypercall page MSR, it is global and shared among all 
processors.

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