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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/pv: Fix `global-pages` to match the documentation


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  • From: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 02:02:27PM +0000, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> c/s 5de961d9c09 "x86: do not enable global pages when virtualized on AMD or
> Hygon hardware" in fact does.  Fix the calculation in pge_init().
> 
> While fixing this, adjust the command line documenation, first to use the
> newer style, and to expand the description to discuss cases where the option
> might be useful to use, but Xen can't account for by default.
> 

Fixes: 5de961d9c09 ('x86: do not enable global pages when virtualized on AMD or 
Hygon hardware')

Would be helpful for backport reasons if someone picks up the other
change (or at least I've been trying to use it in order to help
downstreams that might cherry-pick stuff).

> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, Roger.

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