Re: [PATCH v2 00/11] x86: xen cpuid() cleanup

From: Boris Ostrovsky
Date: Thu Apr 13 2017 - 09:40:34 EST


On 04/13/2017 06:11 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Reduce special casing of xen_cpuid() by using cpu capabilities instead
> of faked cpuid nodes.
>
> This cleanup enables us remove the hypervisor specific set_cpu_features
> callback as the same effect can be reached via
> setup_[clear|force]_cpu_cap().
>
> Removing the rest faked nodes from xen_cpuid() requires some more work
> as the remaining cases (mwait leafs and extended topology info) have
> to be handled at the consumer sides of this information.

Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>


-boris