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Add yet another CPUID macro, this time for features that the host kernel synthesizes into boot_cpu_data, i.e. that the kernel force sets even in situations where the feature isn't reported by CPUID. Thanks to the macro shenanigans of kvm_cpu_cap_init(), such features can now be handled in the core CPUID framework, i.e. don't need to be handled out-of-band and thus without as many guardrails. Adding a dedicated macro also helps document what's going on, e.g. the calls to kvm_cpu_cap_check_and_set() are very confusing unless the reader knows exactly how kvm_cpu_cap_init() generates kvm_cpu_caps (and even then, it's far from obvious). Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241128013424.4096668-53-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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