Re: [PATCH] mm/x86: Patch out arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() when runningon bare metal

[Boris Ostrovsky]

On 03/01/2013 07:14 AM, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 04:52:20PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > On 02/28/2013 04:42 PM, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 01:36:29AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 04:15:45PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > > > > > I'll try to get someone to test this tomorrow.
> > > > Btw, you'd need to apply that other patch too
> > > >
> > > > http://marc.info/?l=xen-devel&m=136206183814547&w=2
> > > >
> > > > so that arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() has at least one caller on x86_64.
> > > Yeah, we already have that applied.  It stops crashes in xen
> > > environments so we pulled it in as a bugfix.  Thanks though!
> > Who are "we"?
> Sorry, Fedora.  That patch has a link to a bug in it.  We applied the
> patch for that bug.  I'll apply Boris' patch on top and get the same
> people to test it.

Josh, have you had a chance to test this?

-boris
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