linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] powerpc/kvm: Enable running guests on RT Linux

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Date:	Thu, 14 May 2015 12:51:41 -0500
From:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
To:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
CC:	Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata@...escale.com>,
	<tglx@...utronix.de>, <pbonzini@...hat.com>, <agraf@...e.de>,
	<linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>, <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <mihai.caraman@...escale.com>,
	<b10716@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] powerpc/kvm: Enable running guests on RT Linux

On Thu, 2015-05-14 at 17:36 +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> * Bogdan Purcareata | 2015-04-24 15:53:11 [+0000]:
> 
> >0001: converts the openpic spinlock to a raw spinlock, in order to circumvent
> >0002: disables in-kernel MPIC emulation for guest running on RT, in order to
> 
> Scott, I'm asking here for your explicit Acked-by on those two patches.
> That you want it *that* way. We have now a nice explanation in #1 :)

ACK patch 2 only.  Patch 1 is unnecessary as long as we have patch 2,
and the most likely long-term solutions do not involve converting all
the locking in that file to a raw lock.

-Scott


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