linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC V11 15/18] kvm : Paravirtual ticketlocks support for linux guests running on KVM hypervisor

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Date:	Mon, 5 Aug 2013 10:05:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	mingo@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	jeremy@...p.org, konrad wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	hpa@...or.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	habanero@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	peterz@...radead.org, mtosatti@...hat.com,
	stefano stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	andi@...stfloor.org, attilio rao <attilio.rao@...rix.com>,
	ouyang@...pitt.edu, gregkh@...e.de, agraf@...e.de,
	chegu vinod <chegu_vinod@...com>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, avi kivity <avi.kivity@...il.com>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, riel@...hat.com,
	drjones@...hat.com, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	srivatsa vaddagiri <srivatsa.vaddagiri@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC V11 15/18] kvm : Paravirtual ticketlocks support for
 linux guests running on KVM hypervisor

> > On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 11:46:03AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> > > 
> > > I guess you'd want to carry this in the KVM tree or so - maybe in a
> > > separate branch because it changes Xen as well?
> > 
> > It changes KVM host and guest side, XEN and common x86 spinlock code. I
> > think it would be best to merge common x86 spinlock bits and guest side
> > KVM/XEN bits through tip tree and host KVM part will go through KVM
> > tree. If this is OK with you, Ingo, and XEN folks Raghavendra can send
> > two separate patch series one for the tip and one for KVM host side.
> 
> Sure, that's fine - if the initial series works fine in isolation as well
> (i.e. won't break anything).

It would be a big problem if it didn't!  Raghavendra, please send the
two separate series as Gleb explained above.

Thanks,

Paolo
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