Date:   Tue, 7 Mar 2023 11:28:26 -0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: x86: Propagate AMD-specific IBRS bits to guests
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
        Takahiro Itazuri <itazur@amazon.com>,
        dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
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On Tue, Mar 07, 2023, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 10:49:22AM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > I don't see what such a rule buys us beyond complexity and, IMO, unnecessary
> > maintenance burden.  As Paolo pointed out, when there's an existing word, the
> 
> Maybe I wasn't clear enough - I don't mind existing words. What I mind
> is adding new ones only for KVM's sake.

Ah, gotcha.  We're on the same page then.  Thanks!