linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] kvm, vmx: remove manually coded vmx instructions

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Date:   Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:46:27 +0000
From:   "Stecklina, Julian" <jsteckli@...zon.de>
To:     "digitaleric@...gle.com" <digitaleric@...gle.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "js@...en8.de" <js@...en8.de>,
        "pbonzini@...hat.com" <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] kvm, vmx: remove manually coded vmx instructions

On Wed, 2018-10-24 at 10:44 -0700, Eric Northup wrote:
> This loses the exception handling from __ex* ->
> ____kvm_handle_fault_on_reboot.
> 
> If deliberate, this should be called out in changelog.  Has the race
> which commit 4ecac3fd fixed been mitigated otherwise?

No, this was not deliberate. Will fix.

Thanks!
Julian
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