linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/time: Remove unnecessary BUG_ON(preemptible()) in xen_setup

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Message-ID: <54994553.6070401@citrix.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:34:59 +0000
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	<david.vrabel@...rix.com>, <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/time: Remove unnecessary BUG_ON(preemptible())
 in xen_setup_timer()

On 22/12/14 18:33, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> There is no reason for having it and, with commit 250a1ac685f1 ("x86,
> smpboot: Remove pointless preempt_disable() in
> native_smp_prepare_cpus()"), it prevents HVM guests from booting.

Applied to stable/for-linus-3.19, thanks.

For arch-specific fixes I prefer the arch in the subject. e.g., "x86/xen:".

David
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