linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCHv1] x86: don't schedule when handling #NM exception

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Message-ID: <532678A5.4090704@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 16 Mar 2014 21:23:01 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Sarah Newman <srn@...mr.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
CC:	Suresh Siddha <sbsiddha@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xen.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCHv1] x86: don't schedule when handling #NM exception

On 03/16/2014 09:12 PM, Sarah Newman wrote:
> 
> Unconditional eager allocation works. Can xen users count on this being included and applied to the
> stable kernels?
> 

I don't know.  If we state that it is a bug fix for Xen it might be
possible, but it would be up to Greg (Cc:'d) and the rest of the stable
team.

	-hpa

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