linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] xen: branch for v5.9-rc4

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wiTZ3V-Jn5xmHTKafZ-vRw-E0n8EMz+PyHKz4CMRwmYxw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 6 Sep 2020 10:01:54 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] xen: branch for v5.9-rc4

On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 9:44 PM Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com> wrote:
>
> It contains a small series for fixing a problem with Xen PVH guests
> when running as backends (e.g. as dom0). Mapping other guests' memory
> now is working via ZONE_DEVICE, thus not requiring to abuse the memory
> hotplug functionality for that purpose.

Tssk. This really isn't a bug-fix, it's clearly new development.

I'm going to let it slide since it seems so contained, but don't do this.

                  Linus