linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.30 Xen merge plan (what's in xen.git)

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Message-ID: <49CF9AAE.2010509@goop.org>
Date:	Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:58:38 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
Subject: Re: 2.6.30 Xen merge plan (what's in xen.git)

Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> Branches with non-trivial non-Xen changes:
>>
>> push2/x86/paravirt
>>
>>    Allow preemption while doing a lazy mmu update.
>>     
>
> That's probably OK, just a bit late. If Thomas signs off on them 
> then i guess it might be OK later in the window - he's the one who 
> was struggling with paravirt lazy mmu fallout in the past. Thomas?
>   

Those patches were actually in response to PeterZ's (and NickP+AKPM) 
concerns about adding preempt-disabled section to 
apply_to_page_range().  He's acked them now.

Thanks,
    J
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