From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/PoD: Command line option to
 prohibit any PoD operations
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 15:19:49 +0000
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On 30/10/15 18:33, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> PoD is only needed to cover a corner case with memory overcommit
> (rebooting a ballooned down VM with insufficient host RAM available).
> 
> Its use comes with a performance hit, and inoperability with other
> technologies such as PCI Passthrough.
> 
> Offer a command line option for administrators who want to be certain
> that PoD is not in use for their VMs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>

With the arm build addressed:

Acked-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@citrix.com>