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Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: vmx, svm: always run with EFER.NXE=1 when shadow
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To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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On 28/10/19 07:59, Sasha Levin wrote:
>=20
> This commit has been processed because it contains a -stable tag.
> The stable tag indicates that it's relevant for the following trees: all
>=20
> The bot has tested the following trees: v5.3.7, v4.19.80, v4.14.150, v4.9=
.197, v4.4.197.
>=20
> v5.3.7: Build OK!
> v4.19.80: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies:
>     Unable to calculate
>=20
> v4.14.150: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies:
>     Unable to calculate
>=20
> v4.9.197: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies:
>     Unable to calculate
>=20
> v4.4.197: Failed to apply! Possible dependencies:
>     Unable to calculate
>=20
>=20
> NOTE: The patch will not be queued to stable trees until it is upstream.
>=20
> How should we proceed with this patch?

It should apply just fine to all branches, just to arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
instead of arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c.

Paolo