linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86/xen: ignore the VCPU_SSHOTTMR

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Message-ID: <169645826229.2822648.14767470474793635064.b4-ty@google.com>
Date:   Wed,  4 Oct 2023 18:29:37 -0700
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paul Durrant <paul@....org>
Cc:     Paul Durrant <pdurrant@...zon.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86/xen: ignore the VCPU_SSHOTTMR_future flag

On Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:46:28 +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
> Upstream Xen now ignores this flag [1], since the only guest kernel ever to
> use it was buggy. By ignoring the flag the guest will always get a callback
> if it sets a negative timeout which upstream Xen has determined not to
> cause problems for any guest setting the flag.
> 
> [1] https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=commitdiff;h=19c6cbd909
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 xen, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: x86/xen: ignore the VCPU_SSHOTTMR_future flag
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/409f2e92a27a

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