From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751025AbXBNBnM (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:43:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751104AbXBNBnM (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:43:12 -0500 Received: from smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com ([65.113.40.141]:49749 "EHLO smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751025AbXBNBnK (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:43:10 -0500 Message-ID: <45D2692D.1070505@vmware.com> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:43:09 -0800 From: Zachary Amsden User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge CC: Andi Kleen , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.osdl.org, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, Chris Wright , Rusty Russell Subject: Re: [patch 10/21] Xen-paravirt: Name: dont export paravirt_ops structure, do individual functions References: <20070213221729.772002682@goop.org> <20070213221830.238235953@goop.org> <45D260A2.4010200@vmware.com> <45D262DC.2020008@goop.org> <45D2635D.9070205@vmware.com> <45D267E8.7090506@goop.org> In-Reply-To: <45D267E8.7090506@goop.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Zachary Amsden wrote: > >> Ok. As long as we plan on patching CR2 and CR0 / clts accessors for >> FPU save during context switch and page fault paths in the future. >> > > That's up to each backend, right? Or do these need to be patched for a > correctness reason? > No, it needs to be part of the general patch list first, which is still hand listed rather than just any op being patchable. Then it can be up to the backend. Zach