From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:57868 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751616AbbJaRJd (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Oct 2015 13:09:33 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix RSM into 64-bit protected mode, round 2 To: =?UTF-8?B?UmFkaW0gS3LEjW3DocWZ?= , Paolo Bonzini References: <1445636635-32260-1-git-send-email-lersek@redhat.com> <20151026153715.GA31158@potion.brq.redhat.com> <562E4A1D.7000900@redhat.com> <562E5593.10408@redhat.com> <20151030154049.GA18626@potion.brq.redhat.com> Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, Jordan Justen , Michael Kinney , stable@vger.kernel.org From: Laszlo Ersek Message-ID: <5634F5CA.6080702@redhat.com> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 18:09:30 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20151030154049.GA18626@potion.brq.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/30/15 16:40, Radim Krčmář wrote: > 2015-10-26 17:32+0100, Paolo Bonzini: >> On 26/10/2015 16:43, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >>>> The code would be cleaner if we had a different approach, but this works >>>> too and is safer for stable. In case you prefer to leave the rewrite for >>>> a future victim, >>> >>> It's hard to express how much I prefer that. >> >> Radim, if you want to have a try go ahead since I cannot apply the patch >> until next Monday. > > The future I originally had in mind was more hoverboardy, but a series > just landed, "KVM: x86: simplify RSM into 64-bit protected mode". > > Laszlo, I'd be grateful if you could check that it works. > I'm tagging it for next week, thanks. Laszlo