On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 10:38:11AM -0500, Avi Kivity wrote: > On 01/16/2011 05:35 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 12:49:41PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > > > On 01/14/2011 05:45 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote: > > > > >> here is the reworked version of the patch-set. Only patch 1/2 has > > >> changed and now contains the real fix for the crashes that were seen and > > >> has an updated log message. > > >> > > > > > > Thanks, applied. 2.6.37 and earlier aren't affected, yes? So I'm > > > queuing it for 2.6.38 only. > > > > I think the problem is there since KVM has lazy state switching. So the > > fix in patch 1 should make it in all currently maintained stable-trees. > > > > The problem is with load_gs_index(), yes? In 2.6.37 this is called > before stgi(), so it's protected from nmi. Ok, you are right :) So the fix is only necessary for 2.6.38. Joerg -- AMD Operating System Research Center Advanced Micro Devices GmbH Einsteinring 24 85609 Dornach General Managers: Alberto Bozzo, Andrew Bowd Registration: Dornach, Landkr. Muenchen; Registerger. Muenchen, HRB Nr. 43632 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
