[PATCH v3 1/2] X86/Hyper-V: Add Guest IDLE MSR support

2018-09-27 Thread Yi Sun
Hyper-V may expose a HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_IDLE MSR. We can read HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES eax to check it. Read this MSR can trigger the guest's transition to the idle power state which can be exited by an IPI even if IF flag is disabled. Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" Cc: Haiyang Zhang Cc: Stephen Hemminger

[PATCH v3 1/2] X86/Hyper-V: Add Guest IDLE MSR support

2018-09-27 Thread Yi Sun
Hyper-V may expose a HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_IDLE MSR. We can read HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES eax to check it. Read this MSR can trigger the guest's transition to the idle power state which can be exited by an IPI even if IF flag is disabled. Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" Cc: Haiyang Zhang Cc: Stephen Hemminger