linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3, v2] x86: xor-block handling adjustments

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:29:12 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
CC:	mingo@...e.hu, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3, v2] x86: xor-block handling adjustments

On 01/25/2013 12:21 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>
>> I don't see anything wrong, except that I can't *find* patch 3/3 either
>> in my inbox nor on LKML...
> 
> I can certainly resend the whole set, but our email system even
> got a delivery confirmation from yours on patch 3 (other than
> e.g. from Ingo's, and all of this identical to 0...2).
> 
> Or see https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1688991/, according
> to which you even responded to it (which is the concern Ingo was
> referring to).
> 

Ah yes, now I have the context.

And with that, I have to NAK the patch.  I did talk to the KVM people
and they confirmed that this is NOT something they want.  They do not
program VT-x to VMEXIT on CR0 changes.

So this is Xen-specific, and penalizing other hypervisors is wrong.

	-hpa


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