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To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        x86@kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
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        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
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From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/xen: set default memory type for pv guests to WB
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On 6/15/23 8:39 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> When running as an unprivileged PV-guest under Xen (not dom0), the
> default MTRR memory type should be write-back.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>

Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>