linux-kernel - Re: please revert commit 53f1b1433da7eac2607a4a0898a221a4485fd732 (rtc: push the BKL down into the driver ioctl method)

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0807281045540.4136@ecollins-dev1.eng.vmware.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:21:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Eli Collins <ecollins@...are.com>
To:	Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
Cc:	petr@...are.com, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: please revert commit 53f1b1433da7eac2607a4a0898a221a4485fd732
 (rtc: push the BKL down into the driver ioctl method)



On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, Jeff Chua wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:55 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> > Jeff Chua wrote:
> >>
> >> This commit is breaking vmware-6.0.4. Upon booting linux (guest) on
> >> vmware, the whole vmware environment crashed.
> >
> > Quality hypervisor we have there...
> >
> >        -hpa
> >
> 
> Well then, lets hope Vmware will do something to fix this and remove
> the init_mm stuff.

The module fixes for 2.6.26+ kernels are in upcoming releases and should 
get backported to older ones.

Thanks,
Eli

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