linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/2 v2] xen/acpi: upload PM state from init-domain to Xen

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2017 12:45:51 -0400
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/2 v2] xen/acpi: upload PM state from
 init-domain to Xen

On 03/21/2017 06:43 PM, Ankur Arora wrote:
> This patch series re-enables the upload of PM data from initial-domain
> to Xen. This was broken in commit cd979883b9ede90643e019f33cb317933eb867b4.
>
> The upload now happens post-resume in workqueue context. From the
> POV of Xen, the PM upload might be delayed a little but should be
> fine -- Xen falls-back on more limited P and C states.
>
> Tested C-state upload via mwait_idle=0.
>
> Changes in v2:
>  - rebased to 4.11.0-rc2
>  - addressed comments from Boris Ostrovsky
>
> Ankur Arora (2):
>   xen/acpi: Replace hard coded "ACPI0007"
>   xen/acpi: upload PM state from init-domain to Xen
>
>  drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>

Applied to for-linus-4.11b, with some modifications to commit message in
patch 2.

Next time please copy maintainers (Juergen and me), otherwise there is a
chance that we may miss this. I am also copying Konrad since since his
R-b was not given on the public list.

-boris