From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: irq_enable_sysexit pv op is no longer needed Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 16:16:15 -0500 Message-ID: <20151118211615.GB15879@char.us.oracle.com> References: <1447877179-2775-1-git-send-email-boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> <1447877179-2775-3-git-send-email-boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> <20151118201152.GA6094@char.us.oracle.com> <564CE0D8.1030004@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail6.bemta3.messagelabs.com ([195.245.230.39]) by lists.xen.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1ZzA5h-0004IQ-GU for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:16:33 +0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <564CE0D8.1030004@oracle.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Boris Ostrovsky Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, mingo@redhat.com, david.vrabel@citrix.com, luto@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, tglx@linutronix.de, bp@suse.de List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 03:34:32PM -0500, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: > On 11/18/2015 03:11 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > >On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 03:06:18PM -0500, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: > >>Xen PV guests have been the only ones using it and now they don't. > >Could you elaborate on the 'now they don't' please? > > > >Is Xen not doing it? Did it do it in the past? > > > >Is it because the Linux code paths will never run to this in Xen PV mode? > >Is that due to other patches? If so please mention the name > >of the other patches.. (so if somebody is thinking to put the > >other patches on the stable train they should also take these ones). > > Since this is due to the first patch in the series I don't know its > commitID. Should I just refer to patch title? Yes please. It helps when doing code archaeology. > > -boris