Re: [PATCH][STABLE] KVM: x86: Fix TSS size check for 16-bit tasks

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> 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.
> 

In the end, we have to convince the customer's distro provider to
include this. It would have been easier with an upstream merge, but it
also is not impossible without it.

But I'm not 100% convinced that the criteria you mentioned match all the
merged stable patches. There have been feature fixes before - though
they had more impact on common guests. I can understand your concerns
regarding the exception fix (which diverges from master after recent
refactorings), but I can't see what makes this obvious fix problematic.

Jan

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