Re: [GIT PULL] Please pull my kvm-ppc-next branch

["Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar@redhat.com>]

2016-11-29 09:53+1100, Paul Mackerras:
> Paolo,
> 
> Please do a pull from my kvm-ppc-next branch to get a PPC KVM update
> for 4.10.  This includes some changes to arch/powerpc which Michael
> Ellerman put into a topic branch in his powerpc tree (topic/ppc-kvm)
> which I have pulled into my kvm-ppc-next branch and which Michael will
> pull into his next branch.
> 
> The changes this time are:
> 
> * Support for KVM guests on POWER9 using the hashed page table MMU.
> * Updates and improvements to the halt-polling support on PPC, from
>   Suraj Jitindar Singh.
> * An optimization to speed up emulated MMIO, from Yongji Xie.
> * Various other minor cleanups.
> 
> Suraj's patch set includes some changes to core KVM code which were
> posted back in October and didn't attract much comment, so I put them
> in.  They add some documentation for halt polling and export the
> module parameters used to control halt polling.

Yes, they look fine, just forgotten.

> Full disclosure: after I had pushed out some of the patches for POWER9
> support, I discovered that they broke compilation with some uncommon
> configurations (those with HV KVM enabled but in-kernel XICS interrupt
> controller emulation disabled, or with SMP disabled).  Since my
> kvm-ppc-next branch is a non-rebasing branch, I pushed a patch on top
> to fix the breakage.  So bisection is broken over a span of about 6
> commits for these unusual configurations.  If you want me to rebase my
> kvm-ppc-next branch to avoid the breakage, let me know and I will do
> that.

I trust your judgement on severity of the problem.

Pulled, thanks.