linux-kernel - Please backport bee980d9e9642e96351fa3ca9077b853ecf62f57 (xen/events: Handle VIRQ_TIMER before any other hardirq in event loop.) to earlier kernels v3.8...and so on

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Date:	Mon, 3 Jun 2013 08:02:32 -0400
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	stable@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com
Subject: Please backport bee980d9e9642e96351fa3ca9077b853ecf62f57
 (xen/events: Handle VIRQ_TIMER before any other hardirq in event loop.) to
 earlier kernels v3.8...and so on

Hey Greg,

I hadn't (by mistake) put the CC: stable@...r.kernel.org on said patch
(Which is in the Linux kernel).

If possible please back-port said patch to the existing stable trees.
Attached is a version that applies to some of the earlier trees easily.

View attachment "0001-xen-events-Handle-VIRQ_TIMER-before-any-other-hardir.patch" of type "text/plain" (2752 bytes)