Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 4/8] i386/kvm: Implement 'hv-all' pass-through mode

[Vitaly Kuznetsov]

Roman Kagan <address@hidden> writes:

> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 12:41:51PM +0100, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>> In many case we just want to give Windows guests all currently supported
>> Hyper-V enlightenments and that's where this new mode may come handy. We
>> pass through what was returned by KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID.
>
> How is the compatibility ensured on migration between kernels reporting
> different feature sets?

AFAIU we don't change anything in this regard (or, my intention was to
not change anything): hv-all is converted to the individual hv-*
properties (hv_cpuid_check_and_set()) actually sets cpu->hyperv_* flags
according to what's supported by kernel so when we migrate we will
require all these features supported.

I'll look to see that my expectations actually match the reallity,
thanks for the reminder!

-- 
Vitaly