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[xen stable-4.18] CHANGELOG: More 4.18 content



commit 9ac2b6b7492566497b76c4066a28c8c5d59a64b8
Author:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue Oct 31 13:19:53 2023 +0000
Commit:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue Oct 31 16:00:42 2023 +0000

    CHANGELOG: More 4.18 content
    
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Henry Wang <Henry.Wang@xxxxxxx>
    Release-acked-by: Henry Wang <Henry.Wang@xxxxxxx>
    (cherry picked from commit bf51f85f20114ca73b95056d5e808a4845f094ee)
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 CHANGELOG.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index edc0d69898..a827054cf2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,10 +18,17 @@ The format is based on [Keep a 
Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ### Added
  - On x86:
+   - On all Intel systems, MSR_ARCH_CAPS is now visible in guests, and
+     controllable from the VM's config file.  For CPUs from ~2019 onwards,
+     this allows guest kernels to see details about hardware fixes for
+     speculative mitigations.  (Backported as XSA-435 to older releases).
    - xl/libxl can customize SMBIOS strings for HVM guests.
    - Support for enforcing system-wide operation in Data Operand Independent
      Timing Mode.
    - Add Intel Hardware P-States (HWP) cpufreq driver.
+   - Support for features new in AMD Genoa CPUs:
+     - CPUID_USER_DIS (CPUID Faulting) used by Xen to control PV guest's view
+       of CPUID data.
    - Support for features new in Intel Sapphire Rapids CPUs:
      - PKS (Protection Key Supervisor) available to HVM/PVH guests.
      - VM-Notify used by Xen to mitigate certain micro-architectural pipeline
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