Re: [PATCH V9] vm_event: Allow subscribing to write events for specific MSR-s

[Razvan Cojocaru <rcojocaru@bitdefender.com>]

On 06/01/2016 01:39 PM, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Razvan Cojocaru writes ("Re: [PATCH V9] vm_event: Allow subscribing to write events for specific MSR-s"):
>> On 05/13/2016 02:35 PM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>>> On 06.05.16 at 16:33, <rcojocaru@bitdefender.com> wrote:
>>>> Previously, subscribing to MSR write events was an all-or-none
>>>> approach, with special cases for introspection MSR-s. This patch
>>>> allows the vm_event consumer to specify exactly what MSR-s it is
>>>> interested in, and as a side-effect gets rid of the
>>>> vmx_introspection_force_enabled_msrs[] special case.
>>>> The patch also introduces arch_monitor_init_domain() and
>>>> arch_monitor_cleanup_domain(), to do monitor-specific work
>>>> (as opposed to the previous way of doing all the setup in
>>>> vm_event_init_domain() / vm_event_cleanup_domain()).
>>>> This replaces the previously posted "xen: Filter out MSR write
>>>> events" patch.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Razvan Cojocaru <rcojocaru@bitdefender.com>
>>>> Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
>>>> Acked-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
>>
>> Does this patch require additional acks? Tamas' maybe?
> 
> I assume it's not for 4.7.  (If it were for 4.7 it would require a
> release ack, which (on the basis of the information provided so far) I
> think ought probably not to be granted.)

Indeed, as Wei has already pointed out this isn't meant for 4.7.


Thanks,
Razvan

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