Re: [RFC][PATCH] virtio balloon: kill tell-host-first logic

From: Amit Shah
Date: Fri Apr 15 2011 - 06:39:20 EST


On (Thu) 14 Apr 2011 [13:28:17], Dave Hansen wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 22:13 +0530, Amit Shah wrote:
> > On (Tue) 12 Apr 2011 [09:22:32], Dave Hansen wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 11:13 +0530, Amit Shah wrote:
> > > > Sure, the only contention was on the commit message, where you stated
> > > > modern qemus set this... qemu doesn't, and it should. Care to do a
> > > > patch for that?
> > >
> > > If Rusty hasn't pushed the commit out anywhere, we can still amend the
> > > commit. Otherwise, we're in a _bit_ of a pickle since you can't patch
> > > git logs. :)
> >
> > I should've been clearer: care to do the qemu patch? :-)
>
> What do we want to do to qemu, though? Set the bit?

Yes, that should ensure older guests behave fine too.

Amit
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