From: "Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] kvmclock: fix ABI breakage from PVCLOCK_COUNTS_FROM_ZERO.
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 17:43:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150921154340.GA4214@potion.brq.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150921151209.GA2734@potion.brq.redhat.com>
2015-09-21 17:12+0200, Radim Krčmář:
> 2015-09-20 19:57-0300, Marcelo Tosatti:
> > On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 05:54:28PM +0200, Radim Krčmář wrote:
>>> This patch series will be disabling PVCLOCK_COUNTS_FROM_ZERO flag and is
>>> RFC because I haven't explored many potential problems or tested it.
>>
>> The justification to disable PVCLOCK_COUNTS_FROM_ZERO is because you
>> haven't explored potential problems or tested it? Sorry can't parse it.
I missed that one, sorry.
PVCLOCK_COUNTS_FROM_ZERO is disabled because it breaks ABI.
Not testing nor ruling out all problems is a justification for RFC.
(This patch series
- will be disabling PVCLOCK_COUNTS_FROM_ZERO flag and
- is RFC because I haven't explored many potential problems or tested
it [this patch series])
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-21 15:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-18 15:54 [RFC PATCH 0/2] kvmclock: fix ABI breakage from PVCLOCK_COUNTS_FROM_ZERO Radim Krčmář
2015-09-18 15:54 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: kvmclock: abolish PVCLOCK_COUNTS_FROM_ZERO Radim Krčmář
2015-09-22 19:01 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2015-09-28 14:10 ` Paolo Bonzini
2015-09-18 15:54 ` [PATCH 2/2] Revert "KVM: x86: zero kvmclock_offset when vcpu0 initializes kvmclock system MSR" Radim Krčmář
2015-09-22 19:01 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2015-09-22 19:52 ` Paolo Bonzini
2015-09-22 20:23 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2015-09-20 22:57 ` [RFC PATCH 0/2] kvmclock: fix ABI breakage from PVCLOCK_COUNTS_FROM_ZERO Marcelo Tosatti
2015-09-21 15:12 ` Radim Krčmář
2015-09-21 15:43 ` Radim Krčmář [this message]
2015-09-21 15:52 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2015-09-21 20:00 ` Radim Krčmář
2015-09-21 20:53 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2015-09-21 22:00 ` Radim Krčmář
2015-09-21 22:37 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2015-09-22 0:40 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2015-09-22 14:33 ` Radim Krčmář
2015-09-22 14:46 ` Radim Krčmář
2015-09-28 11:05 ` Paolo Bonzini
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