linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/xen: Initialize cr4 shadow for 64-bit PV(H) guests

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Date:	Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:09:27 +0000
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	<konrad.wilk@...cle.com>, <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
CC:	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<luto@...capital.net>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/xen: Initialize cr4 shadow for 64-bit
 PV(H) guests

On 23/02/15 16:01, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> Commit 1e02ce4cccdc ("x86: Store a per-cpu shadow copy of CR4")
> introduced CR4 shadows.
> 
> These shadows are initialized in early boot code. The commit missed
> initialization for 64-bit PV(H) guests that this patch adds.

Applied to stable/for-linus-4.0, thanks.

Boris, can you kick of a set of tests on this branch, please?

David
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