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From: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 00/19] qspinlock: a 4-byte queue spinlock
	with PV support
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 23:10:28 +0530
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To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
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On 04/17/2014 10:53 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:03:52AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> v8->v9:
>>    - Integrate PeterZ's version of the queue spinlock patch with some
>>      modification:
>>      http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140310154236.038181843@infradead.org
>>    - Break the more complex patches into smaller ones to ease review effort.
>>    - Fix a racing condition in the PV qspinlock code.
>
> I am not seeing anything mentioning that the overcommit scenario
> for KVM and Xen had been fixed. Or was the 'racing condition' said
> issue?

Saw changes in patch 18 that fixes for kvm (19 for xen). 'll
test the series and confirm.