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

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Message-ID: <65f878b3-2a46-4781-29b8-9472da500bb2@suse.com>
Date:   Mon, 7 Sep 2020 06:27:35 +0200
From:   Jürgen Groß <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
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 06.09.20 19:01, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for taking it.

I agree I should have spelled out the nature of the patch more clearly
and add more reasoning why you might consider taking it.


Juergen