Re: [PATCH 00/23] Bug fixes and improvements for HV KVM

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On 20.03.15 10:39, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> This is my current patch queue for HV KVM on PPC.  This series is
> based on the "queue" branch of the KVM tree, i.e. roughly v4.0-rc3
> plus a set of recent KVM changes which don't intersect with the
> changes in this series.  On top of that, in my testing I have some
> patches which are not KVM-related but are needed to boot and run a
> recent upstream kernel successfully:
> 
> tick/broadcast-hrtimer : Fix suspicious RCU usage in idle loop
> tick/hotplug: Handover time related duties before cpu offline
> powerpc/powernv: Check image loaded or not before calling flash
> powerpc/powernv: Fixes for hypervisor doorbell handling
> powerpc/powernv: Fix return value from power7_nap() et al.
> powerpc: Export __spin_yield
> 
> These patches have been posted by their authors and are on their way
> upstream via various trees.  They are not included in this series.
> 
> The first three patches are bug fixes that should go into v4.0 if
> possible.  The remainder are intended for the 4.1 merge window.
> 
> The patch "powerpc: Export __spin_yield" is a prerequisite for patch
> 9/23 of this series ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Convert ICS mutex lock to
> spin lock").  It is on its way upstream through the linuxppc-dev
> mailing list.
> 
> The patch "powerpc/powernv: Fixes for hypervisor doorbell handling" is
> needed for correct operation with patch 20/23, "KVM: PPC: Book3S HV:
> Use msgsnd for signalling threads".  It is also on its way upstream
> through the linuxppc-dev list.  I am expecting both of these
> prerequisite patches to go into 4.0.
> 
> Finally, the last patch in this series converts some of the assembly
> code in book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S into C.  I intend to continue this
> trend.

Thanks, applied patches 4-11 to kvm-ppc-queue.


Alex
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