>>> On 26.01.17 at 09:57, <dw...@infradead.org> wrote:
> Since the fix for XSA-154 in commit c61a6f74f80e ("x86: enforce
> consistent cachability of MMIO mappings"), HVM guests have no longer
> been able to use PAT to obtain write-combining on MMIO because the
> 'ignore PAT' bit is set in EPT.

This is too broad a statement: MMIO pages for which mfn_valid()
is true would still allow WC use.

The only other issue with the patch that I can see is that you need
to eliminate all the hard tabs you're introducing.

Jan


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