From: Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>
To: Andres Lagar-Cavilla <andreslc@gridcentric.ca>
Cc: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>,
Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>,
George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com>,
Tim Deegan <tim@xen.org>,
xen-devel@lists.xen.org, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>
Subject: Re: Wait queue support for 4.3
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:34:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CC9E2F42.4EDE2%keir@xen.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <680D4CF9-84B5-4DB7-B083-6B7560B39562@gridcentric.ca>
On 12/10/2012 19:53, "Andres Lagar-Cavilla" <andreslc@gridcentric.ca> wrote:
>> I don't see any dependency. And Tim has already proposed patches for
>> use-case 2, in fact, as you noted. So, shouldn't they simply be polished up
>> and applied as soon as possible? Basically, for mm type things, Tim is your
>> man, either as author or reviewer.
>
> Ok. Wanted to ascertain where we stand on things.
>
> Tim's patches crash guests because there are all sorts of spinlocks being
> held. That's the gist of the mm work that needs to be done. And a separate
> discussion.
Yes, that's a *mm* can of worms. :) Tim is the first port of call, and
working out who actually does the work, and what work that is, will be the
the ensuing discussion.
-- Keir
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-12 19:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-12 15:38 Wait queue support for 4.3 Andres Lagar-Cavilla
2012-10-12 16:30 ` Keir Fraser
2012-10-12 16:43 ` Andres Lagar-Cavilla
2012-10-12 17:26 ` Keir Fraser
2012-10-12 18:53 ` Andres Lagar-Cavilla
2012-10-12 19:34 ` Keir Fraser [this message]
2012-10-15 13:47 ` George Dunlap
2012-10-15 14:12 ` Andres Lagar-Cavilla
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