linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen: fix pinning when not using split pte locks

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Message-ID: <48C70770.4070805@goop.org>
Date:	Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:32:00 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Alex Nixon <alex.nixon@...rix.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen: fix pinning when not using split pte locks

Alex Nixon wrote:
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>> We only pin PTE pages when using split PTE locks, so don't do the
>> pin/unpin when attaching/detaching pte pages to a pinned pagetable.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
>> ---
>>   
> Cheers Jeremy - a better solution.  Worth mentioning - this doesn't
> exist peacefully alongside my patch 965fe78fe
>
> Ingo - could you revert that please?

Yes.  Also, could you wait for an Ack from me before committing anything
Xen related?  And Alex, could you be sure to explicitly cc: me on Xen
patches?

Thanks,
    J
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