Re: [PATCH v9 00/19] qspinlock: a 4-byte queue spinlock with PV support

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Thu Apr 17 2014 - 13:27:13 EST


On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:03:52AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> v8->v9:
> - Integrate PeterZ's version of the queue spinlock patch with some
> modification:
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140310154236.038181843@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> - Break the more complex patches into smaller ones to ease review effort.
> - Fix a racing condition in the PV qspinlock code.

I am not seeing anything mentioning that the overcommit scenario
for KVM and Xen had been fixed. Or was the 'racing condition' said
issue?

Thanks.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/