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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:16:22 -0700 From: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com> Subject: Re: [2.6.23-rc1 REGRESSION] CPU hotplug totally broken on HPC nx6325 (x86_64) * Linus Torvalds (torvalds@...ux-foundation.org) wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Chris Wright wrote: > > This also fixes paravirt patching which was broken when text_poke() > > tried to patch the various pv ops in lookup_address. > > Hmm. What is "this"? The revert? Yes, sorry, your revert also fixes paravirt patching. > That said, I do wonder whether virtualization still has problems with > CONFIG_RODATA, though. We limit the RODATA memory ranges based on KPROBES > and HOTPLUG_CPU, but not based on VIRTUALIZATION. > > I'd expect any virtualization fixups to hit the same problems that the SMP > alternatives hit. No? Hmm, patching should've already happened, and aside of module loading, isn't typically done again. I think it's OK as it is. thanks, -chris - 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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