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CC:     Jon Kohler <jon@nutanix.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: do not disable interception for
 MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL on eIBRS
Thread-Topic: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: do not disable interception for
 MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL on eIBRS
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