From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Boris Ostrovsky Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] x86/xen: Avoid fast syscall path for Xen PV guests Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:54:35 -0500 Message-ID: <567037BB.6080901__43871.8085214079$1450200443$gmane$org@oracle.com> References: <1447970147-1733-1-git-send-email-boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> <1447970147-1733-2-git-send-email-boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> <56703001.9010205@oracle.com> <20151215154830.GF26000@pd.tnic> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail6.bemta5.messagelabs.com ([195.245.231.135]) by lists.xen.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1a8tML-0000qm-OE for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 17:25:57 +0000 Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com (aserp1040.oracle.com [141.146.126.69]) by aserp1050.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id tBFFxmaM006868 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:59:49 GMT In-Reply-To: <20151215154830.GF26000@pd.tnic> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Borislav Petkov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, mingo@redhat.com, david.vrabel@citrix.com, luto@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, tglx@linutronix.de List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On 12/15/2015 10:48 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 10:21:37AM -0500, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: >> I know this has been in the tip tree --- when do you think this will go >> Linus tree? In the 4.4 timeframe? > It is queued for 4.5 currently. > >> Xen 32-bit PV guests are broken without this. > So this needs to go into 4.4 or even earlier? Since 5f310f739b4c went > into 4.4, I'd think 4.4 only for this fix too? Yes? Oh, I didn't realize this is scheduled for 4.5. It indeed needs to go into 4.4 because of 5f310f739b4c. Thanks. -boris