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Subject: Re: [PATCH 36/44] KVM: x86: Do compatibility checks when onlining CPU
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To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org>,
        Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.qemu.devel@gmail.com>,
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        Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>,
        Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>,
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        Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>,
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        Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>,
        Fabiano Rosas <farosas@linux.ibm.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
        Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Yuan Yao <yuan.yao@intel.com>
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From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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On 11/3/22 00:19, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> From: Chao Gao<chao.gao@intel.com>
> 
> Do compatibility checks when enabling hardware to effectively add
> compatibility checks when onlining a CPU.  Abort enabling, i.e. the
> online process, if the (hotplugged) CPU is incompatible with the known
> good setup.

This paragraph is not true with this patch being before "KVM: Rename and 
move CPUHP_AP_KVM_STARTING to ONLINE section".

Paolo