x86: extended "flags" to show virtualization HW feature in /proc/cpuinfo
The hardware virtualization technology evolves very fast. But currently
it's hard to tell if your CPU support a certain kind of HW technology
without digging into the source code.
The patch add a new catagory in "flags" under /proc/cpuinfo. Now "flags"
can indicate the (important) HW virtulization features the CPU supported
as well.
Current implementation just cover Intel VMX side.
Signed-off-by: Sheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h b/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
index 7ac4d93..8d45690 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
#include <asm/required-features.h>
-#define NCAPINTS 8 /* N 32-bit words worth of info */
+#define NCAPINTS 9 /* N 32-bit words worth of info */
/*
* Note: If the comment begins with a quoted string, that string is used
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@
*/
#define X86_FEATURE_IDA (7*32+ 0) /* Intel Dynamic Acceleration */
+/* Virtualization flags: Linux defined */
+#define X86_FEATURE_TPR_SHADOW (8*32+ 0) /* Intel TPR Shadow */
+#define X86_FEATURE_VNMI (8*32+ 1) /* Intel Virtual NMI */
+#define X86_FEATURE_FLEXPRIORITY (8*32+ 2) /* Intel FlexPriority */
+#define X86_FEATURE_EPT (8*32+ 3) /* Intel Extended Page Table */
+#define X86_FEATURE_VPID (8*32+ 4) /* Intel Virtual Processor ID */
+
#if defined(__KERNEL__) && !defined(__ASSEMBLY__)
#include <linux/bitops.h>