linux-kernel - Re: 3.18.17 Xen regression

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jul 2015 14:59:52 +0100
From:	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
To:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
CC:	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 3.18.17 Xen regression

On Tue, 2015-07-07 at 15:54 -0400, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> Commit 63753fac67e1 ("x86: Store a per-cpu shadow copy of CR4") in 
> 3.18.y branch introduced a regression on PVH Xen guests.
> 
> Please apply 5054daa285be ("x86/xen: Initialize cr4 shadow for 64-bit 
> PV(H) guests") from mainline to fix this. 3.18.y appears to be the only 
> affected branch.

Any news on this? Our automated tests of 3.18 are continuing to fail.

Ian.

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