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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:03:07 +0000 From: Tabi Timur-B04825 <B04825@...escale.com> To: Tabi Timur-B04825 <B04825@...escale.com> CC: "linuxppc-dev@...ux.freescale.net" <linuxppc-dev@...ux.freescale.net>, Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>, Wood Scott-B07421 <B07421@...escale.com>, Anatolij Gustschin <agust@...x.de>, "geert@...ux-m68k.org" <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [for 3.4] drivers/virt: the Freescale hypervisor driver doesn't need to check MSR[GS] On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com> wrote: > The MSR[GS] bit indicates whether the kernel is running in processor guest > state mode, but such a check is unnecessary. The driver already checks > for the /hypervisor node and the fsl,hv-version property, so it already > knows that it's running under the Freescale hypervisor. > > There is nothing in the driver that inherently requires guest state, > anyway. > > This fixes a break that can occur in some randconfig builds. > > Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com> > --- Kumar, I posted this patch back in May. Can you apply it, please? It fixes a build break. -- Timur Tabi Linux kernel developer at Freescale -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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