linux-kernel - Re: [stable] backport "xen: mark local pages as FOREIGN in the m2p

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Date:	Sun, 05 Aug 2012 23:39:09 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
Cc:	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] backport "xen: mark local pages as FOREIGN in the
 m2p_override"

On Wed, 2012-08-01 at 14:34 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Hello,
> I would like to request a backport of the following upstream Linux
> commit to 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 3.0, 2.6.39 and 2.6.38.
> It fixes a deadlock that happens when a Xen frontend driver connects to
> a Xen backend driver in the same domain. A detailed explanation is
> included in the commit message.
> 
> A simple cherry-pick should work for all the stable versions.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Stefano
> 
> 
> commit b9e0d95c041ca2d7ad297ee37c2e9cfab67a188f
> Author: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
> Date:   Wed May 23 18:57:20 2012 +0100
> 
>     xen: mark local pages as FOREIGN in the m2p_override
[...]

Added to the queue for 3.2, thanks.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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