linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] (xen) stable/for-linus-3.9-rc3-tag

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1303231705170.5135@kaball.uk.xensource.com>
Date:	Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:08:07 +0000
From:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] (xen) stable/for-linus-3.9-rc3-tag

On Fri, 22 Mar 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> Hey Linus,
> 
> Please git pull the following tag:
> 
>  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen.git stable/for-linus-3.9-rc3-tag
> 
> which is full of fixes. The signed tag has the details (as always) but
> this is mostly just the last stragglers of the regression bugs that this
> merge window had. There are also two normal bug-fixes in the lot.
> 
> P.S.
> We are working out the kinks in an early warning #linux-next testing framework
> so that it can give us heads up in the future - so the when the next merge
> window opens we shouldn't have surprises.
> 
> Please pull!
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h |  4 +--
>  arch/x86/xen/mmu.c                   |  3 +-
>  drivers/xen/Kconfig                  |  2 +-
>  drivers/xen/events.c                 | 10 +++---
>  drivers/xen/fallback.c               |  3 +-
>  drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c     |  3 ++
>  drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c   | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  include/xen/interface/physdev.h      |  6 ++++
>  8 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 
> David Vrabel (1):
>       xen/events: avoid race with raising an event in unmask_evtchn()

Unless I am looking in the wrong place, this patch is still the same one
that breaks PV on HVM and Xen ARM guests, see:

http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=136377731913034

David is aware of the issue and I think is working on an alternative
fix.
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