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

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Message-ID: <20130126120853.GE13445@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:08:53 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3, v2] x86: xor-block handling adjustments


* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> 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.

Are patches #1 and #2 still OK?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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