Re: Status of VM event patches (Was: Xen 4.6 Development Update (four months reminder)

[Razvan Cojocaru <rcojocaru@bitdefender.com>]

On 05/13/2015 10:04 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 13.05.15 at 08:18, <rcojocaru@bitdefender.com> wrote:
>> On 05/13/2015 08:01 AM, wei.liu2@citrix.com wrote:
>>> *  VM event patches (none)
>>>    Add support for XSETBV vm_events,
>>>    Support hybernating guests
>>>    Support for VMCALL-based vm_events
>>>   -  Razvan Cojocaru
>>
>> I've actually sent the first version of the series last week (called
>> "Vm_event memory introspection helpers").
>>
>> There are two major issues that need to be addressed before I can send V2:
>>
>> 1. I've had no review whatsoever for "[PATCH 5/5] xen: Write CR0, CR3
>> and CR4 in arch_set_info_guest()" - it has been neither acked nor
>> criticized.
> 
> It still sits in my to be looked at queue, which - as said elsewhere
> a few minutes ago - is rather long right now. Please (you and
> others) understand that contributions to projects do not only
> consist of submitting patches, but also reviewing such submitted
> by others. If that doesn't happen and all the reviewing load is
> on very few people (who certainly have other work to do as well),
> patch submitters have to live with (perhaps significant) delays.

Of course, I wasn't complaining at all, just trying to be as accurate as
possible in replying to Wei's request for information. I do appreciate
the work the reviewers are doing, and respect their busy schedule.


Thanks again,
Razvan