Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86/vmware: Update platform detection code for VMCALL/VMMCALL hypercalls | From | Thomas Hellström (VMware) <> | Date | Sun, 18 Aug 2019 21:46:49 +0200 |
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On 8/18/19 9:20 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Sun, 18 Aug 2019, Thomas Hellström (VMware) wrote: > >> From: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com> >> >> 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?
Sure, I'll drop that from the series for now.
Thanks,
/Thomas
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