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Subject: Re: [BUGFIX][PATCH 3/4] hvm_save_one: return correct
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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:40:10 +0000
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On 17/12/13 08:20, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 16.12.13 at 18:51, Don Slutz <dslutz@verizon.com> wrote:
>> I feel that the attached bugfix patch is simple enough to make it into 4.4 
>> and also be back ported to stable branches.
> I would tend to agree on the 4.4 part of this, but afaict this is used
> for debugging purposes only, so I'm not so sure about backporting
> to stable branches. What is your rationale behind that request?
>
> Andrew, short of taking your intrusive (and not yet agreed upon)
> rework - would you agree Don's change at least is a sufficient
> improvement to include it irrespective of any intentions you might
> have with this code?
>
> Jan
>

Yes - Dons' patch would appear to fix up all the corner-cases I am aware
of in the hypercall.

~Andrew