linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] VMI paravirt-ops bugfix for 2.6.21

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Message-ID: <460F58B2.7020607@vmware.com>
Date:	Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:01:06 -0800
From:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] VMI paravirt-ops bugfix for 2.6.21

Andi Kleen wrote:
> I think I would prefer you touch the generic code. This new hook is ugly.
>   

What new hook?  The hook has been there for sometime, and now we are 
using it to fix a bug.  I do not want to touch generic or arch code at 
this point in the 2.6.21 release.

> And the lazy mode is currently only used by VMI anyways, isn't it? So you shouldn't 
> impact anybody else
>   

Yes, but if I don't touch arch code, I won't even affect native.  I do 
not want to risk any instability, despite how easy it would be to do 
what you and others have asked, I don't think it is appropriate at -rc5 
stage.

Thanks,
Zach
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