linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v4 2/2] x86/xen: allow privcmd hypercalls to be preempted

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Message-ID: <54C61B54.2060309@citrix.com>
Date:	Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:47:48 +0000
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>
CC:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>,
	<konrad.wilk@...cle.com>, <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	<kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <x86@...nel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	<paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v4 2/2] x86/xen: allow privcmd hypercalls to
 be preempted

On 23/01/15 18:58, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> 
> Its not just hypercalls though, this is all about the interactions
> with multicalls no?

No.  This applies to any preemptible hypercall and the toolstack doesn't
use multicalls for most of its work.

David
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