From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
To: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
Virtualization Mailing List <virtualization@lists.osdl.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] Paravirt cpu batching.patch
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:49:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200612121853_MC3-1-D4D2-191A@compuserve.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061212225430.GC10475@sequoia.sous-sol.org>
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:54:30 -0800, Chros Wright wrote:
> > --- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c Tue Dec 12 13:50:50 2006 -0800
> > +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c Tue Dec 12 13:50:53 2006 -0800
> > @@ -665,6 +665,37 @@ struct task_struct fastcall * __switch_t
> > load_TLS(next, cpu);
> >
> > /*
> > + * Restore IOPL if needed.
> > + */
> > + if (unlikely(prev->iopl != next->iopl))
> > + set_iopl_mask(next->iopl);
>
> Small sidenote that this bit undoes a recent change from Chuck Ebbert, which
> killed iopl_mask update via hypervisor.
This whole thing needs a proper fix IMO. I posted something a while back
but Andi didn't like it, I guess.
--
MBTI: IXTP
next reply other threads:[~2006-12-12 23:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-12 23:49 Chuck Ebbert [this message]
2006-12-13 0:30 ` [PATCH 2/5] Paravirt cpu batching.patch Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-12-13 0:38 ` Zachary Amsden
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2006-12-12 22:34 Zachary Amsden
2006-12-12 22:54 ` Chris Wright
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