linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2 v2] perf-kvm support for SVM

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Message-ID: <20110116153506.GI6376@8bytes.org>
Date:	Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:35:06 +0100
From:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Cc:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2 v2] perf-kvm support for SVM

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 12:49:41PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 01/14/2011 05:45 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote:

>> here is the reworked version of the patch-set. Only patch 1/2 has
>> changed and now contains the real fix for the crashes that were seen and
>> has an updated log message.
>>
>
> Thanks, applied.  2.6.37 and earlier aren't affected, yes?  So I'm  
> queuing it for 2.6.38 only.

I think the problem is there since KVM has lazy state switching. So the
fix in patch 1 should make it in all currently maintained stable-trees.

	Joerg

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