[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] i386/kvm: add a comment explaining why .feat_names are commented out for Hyper-V feature bits

Vitaly Kuznetsov posted 1 patch 6 years, 10 months ago
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git fetch https://github.com/patchew-project/qemu tags/patchew/20181221141604.16935-1-vkuznets@redhat.com
target/i386/cpu.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] i386/kvm: add a comment explaining why .feat_names are commented out for Hyper-V feature bits
Posted by Vitaly Kuznetsov 6 years, 10 months ago
Hyper-V .feat_names are, unlike hardware features, commented out and it is
not obvious why we do that. Document the current status quo.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
---
 target/i386/cpu.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 677a3bd5fb..18a486c5a0 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -929,6 +929,13 @@ static FeatureWordInfo feature_word_info[FEATURE_WORDS] = {
          */
         .no_autoenable_flags = ~0U,
     },
+    /*
+     * .feat_names are commented out for Hyper-V enlightenments because we
+     * don't want to have two different ways for enabling them on QEMU command
+     * line. Some features (e.g. "hyperv_time", "hyperv_vapic", ...) require
+     * enabling several feature bits simultaneously, exposing these bits
+     * individually may just confuse guests.
+     */
     [FEAT_HYPERV_EAX] = {
         .type = CPUID_FEATURE_WORD,
         .feat_names = {
-- 
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