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Message-ID: <512F83C4.6080904@oracle.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:20:20 -0500
From:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, xen-devel@...ts.xen.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, samu.kallio@...rdeencloud.com,
	kraman@...hat.com, jwboyer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: Is: x86: mm: Fix vmalloc_fault oops during lazy MMU updates Was:
 Re: [PATCH] mm/x86: Flush lazy MMU when DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set

On 02/28/2013 11:10 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 07:53:44AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> At the very least we should have an early filter for the **COMMON!**
>> case that we are not on a PV platform.
> ... or, patch it out with the alternatives on baremetal, as Steven
> suggested.
>

I think making a check for paravirt_enabled() is safe enough. I'll send 
a patch shortly.

-boris
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