Re: kernel bug in kvm_intel

[Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>]

On 10/31/2009 06:25 PM, Andrew Theurer wrote:
>> 5579 is not the preceding commit, it is the merged branch:
>>
>> commit ada3fa15057205b7d3f727bba5cd26b5912e350f
>> Merge: 2f82af0 5579fd7
>> Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
>> Date:   Tue Sep 15 09:39:44 2009 -0700
>>
>>     Merge branch 'for-linus' of 
>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu
>>
>>
>> What happens with 2f82af0?
>>
>
> 2f82af0 is:
>
>> Nicolas Pitre has a new email address
>>
>> Due to problems at cam.org, my nico@cam.org email address is no longer
>> valid.  FRom now on, nico@fluxnic.net should be used instead.
>
> I have not tested that, but it doesn't seem likely that it would have 
> anything to do with the problem.  Or maybe I am misunderstanding the 
> impact of this commit?

ada3fa15 is known broken.  It is the merge of two branches: 2f82 
(mainline) and 5597.  Testing both branches would indicate the problem 
is in the merge if both test ok.

> Oh, wait, that commit was tested, in the middle of the log above.

So the problem is the merge.  Will look.

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