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From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>, kvm <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][STABLE] KVM: x86: Fix TSS size check for 16-bit tasks
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:16:58 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BCEC28A.9060309@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BC5D7C7.7090406@siemens.com>

On 04/14/2010 05:57 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> A 16-bit TSS is only 44 bytes long. So make sure to test for the correct
> size on task switch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka<jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
> ---
>
> This is a backport of 8f2d524 from master. It applies at least down to
> 2.6.32 and should be considered for the stable queues.
>
>    

This (and the exception thing) does not qualify under the usual stable 
rules (regression or host security: in, otherwise out).  I prefer to 
delay brining up a new guest for one release rather than risk a 
regression.  If you have a special requirement for it this can be relaxed.

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


  reply	other threads:[~2010-04-21  9:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-14 14:57 [PATCH][STABLE] KVM: x86: Fix TSS size check for 16-bit tasks Jan Kiszka
2010-04-21  9:16 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2010-04-21 10:25   ` Jan Kiszka
2010-04-21 10:47     ` Avi Kivity

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