File 56549f24-x86-vPMU-document-as-unsupported.patch of Package xen.1588
# Commit c03480cf5c4e96fb4afb2237ad0a3cac7162564a
# Date 2015-11-24 18:32:20 +0100
# Author Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
# Committer Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
x86/vPMU: document as unsupported
This is XSA-163.
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
--- sle12sp1.orig/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown 2015-11-26 11:25:35.000000000 +0100
+++ sle12sp1/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown 2015-11-26 10:22:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -1359,8 +1359,8 @@ feature is switched on on Intel processo
Note that if **watchdog** option is also specified vpmu will be turned off.
*Warning:*
-As the BTS virtualisation is not 100% safe and because of the nehalem quirk
-don't use the vpmu flag on production systems with Intel cpus!
+As the virtualisation is not 100% safe, don't use the vpmu flag on
+production systems (see http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-163.html)!
### watchdog
> `= force | <boolean>`