Will, On 12/12/2015 01:31 AM, Will Deacon wrote: > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 10:31:48AM -0800, Geoff Levand wrote: >> On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 13:58 +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote: >>> Indeed, this is completely broken (I just reproduced the issue on a >>> model). >> >> There are users out there that want kexec/kdump support. I think we >> should remove this patch from the series, replace it with a temporary >> Kconfig conditional that allows only one of KVM or kexec to be enabled, >> and merge kexec and kdump support in for 4.5. This will satisfy users >> who need kexec but not KVM, like kexec based bootloaders. Once this >> KVM hot plug patch is fixed we then merge it, either for 4.5 or 4.6, >> depending on the timing. >> >> I'll prepare and post a v13 series that does the above. > > I'm not really keen on merging this based on a "temporary" Kconfig change > with a promise to have it resolved in the future. Given how long this > series has been floating around already, I'm not filled with confidence > at the prospect of waiting for a fixup patch after it's been merged. > > Please address the outstanding review comments before reposting. I'm working hard on addressing Marc's comment on kvm cpu hotplug, and so can you please review other *main* part of kexec/kdump patches? Or can I think that 'no comments' is a good sign of your acceptance? Thanks, -Takahiro AKASHI > Will >