linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [104/223] KVM: Write protect memory after slot swap

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikx=wygwhq2i0rBFEebJOoGWSQyazHKR=923mgE@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:20:46 +0100
From:	Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@...il.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, mst@...hat.com, gregkh@...e.de,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [104/223] KVM: Write protect memory after slot swap

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com> wrote:
>> But all the patches tagged for -stable are supposed to be already
>> upstream and therefore well tested.
>> What am I missing?
>
> They were tested upstream on the upstream code base.  That says nothing
> about 2.6.35 (well, it says something, but not as much as "2.6.35 with the
> patch managed to install and run various tests with several Linux and
> Windows guests, and did not cause regressions in the unit test suite").

Sure, makes lot of sense. Thanks for the clarification.

Regards,
-- 
Paolo
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