From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] KVM updates for Linux 2.6.24-rc review Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:36:04 +0200 Message-ID: <471C6F04.20004@qumranet.com> References: <1192964892617-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com> <471B340C.5010800@qumranet.com> <471B3DD3.3080107@bull.net> <471B40E4.4060204@qumranet.com> <471B483D.90305@bull.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Laurent Vivier Return-path: In-Reply-To: <471B483D.90305-6ktuUTfB/bM@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Laurent Vivier wrote: > > Well, in fact it is not needed in 2.6.24, because this patch correct a > bad behavior introduced by commit > 57f4e446ebca4aad5c11364baf8477c8cfcb16a4 (which is not in > kvm-update-2.6.24): > > KVM: Call x86_decode_insn() only when needed > > Move emulate_ctxt to kvm_vcpu to keep emulate context when we exit > from kvm > module. Call x86_decode_insn() only when needed. Modify > x86_emulate_insn() to > not modify the context if it must be re-entered. > > So, in fact, the answer is (after correctly understanding the > question): no, this patch is not needed in kvm-update-2.6.24. Thanks. I've folded it into 57f4e446ebca4aad5c11364baf8477c8cfcb16a4 for 2.6.25. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/