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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] X86/VMX: Disable VMX preemption timer if MWAIT is not intercepted
    On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 02:15:46PM +0200, KarimAllah Ahmed wrote:
    > The VMX-preemption timer is used by KVM as a way to set deadlines for the
    > guest (i.e. timer emulation). That was safe till very recently when
    > capability KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_MWAIT to disable intercepting MWAIT was
    > introduced. According to Intel SDM 25.5.1:

    Would it make sense to remove the '25.5.1' and just have the chapter name, etc
    as those do move around?

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