linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen: make xen_qlock

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Date:   Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:53:08 -0000
From:   "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:     "Juergen Gross" <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        x86@...nel.org, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, hpa@...or.com,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        waiman.long@...com, peterz@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen: make xen_qlock_wait() nestable


> The Xen HV is doing it right. It is blocking the vcpu in do_poll() and
> any interrupt will unblock it.

Great. Thanks for the confirmation.

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dwmw2