[RFC 1/3] arch/x86/kvm: SVM: Introduce pause filter threshold

2018-03-02 Thread Babu Moger
This patch adds the support for pause filtering threshold. This feature support is indicated by CPUID Fn8000_000A_EDX. See AMD APM Vol 2 Section 15.14.4 Pause Intercept Filtering for more details In this mode, a 16-bit pause filter threshold field is added in VMCB. The threshold value is a cycle

[RFC 1/3] arch/x86/kvm: SVM: Introduce pause filter threshold

2018-03-02 Thread Babu Moger
This patch adds the support for pause filtering threshold. This feature support is indicated by CPUID Fn8000_000A_EDX. See AMD APM Vol 2 Section 15.14.4 Pause Intercept Filtering for more details In this mode, a 16-bit pause filter threshold field is added in VMCB. The threshold value is a cycle