linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/9] apm32: remove paravirt

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Date:	Sat, 20 Feb 2016 01:42:51 +0100
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>
To:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>, bp@...en8.de,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, luto@...capital.net,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, david.vrabel@...rix.com,
	konrad.wilk@...cle.com, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] apm32: remove paravirt_enabled() use

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 05:17:27PM -0500, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> 
> 
> On 02/19/2016 03:58 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> >On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:08:43AM -0500, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> >
> >>in xen_start_kernel(). Better yet, clear whole .bss.
> >>
> >>(This applies to the next patch as well).
> >So clear_bss() -- oh look, another call that xen_start_kernel() could have made
> >good use of. :)  Can you send a respective patch I can old into this series?
> >I'm afraid it is by no means obvious to me where it would be safe to do this on
> >xen_start_kernel().
> 
> OK, I'll test it next week, it really should be done irrespective of
> what you are doing here.

OK so it can go in separately?

  Luis