linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/x86: Patch out arch_flush_lazy_mmu

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Message-ID: <20130301003629.GG9767@pd.tnic>
Date:	Fri, 1 Mar 2013 01:36:29 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>
Cc:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, konrad.wilk@...cle.com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, samu.kallio@...rdeencloud.com,
	kraman@...hat.com, xen-devel@...ts.xen.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/x86: Patch out arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() when
 running on bare metal

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 04:15:45PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > I'll try to get someone to test this tomorrow.

Btw, you'd need to apply that other patch too

http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=136206183814547&w=2

so that arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() has at least one caller on x86_64.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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