- paravirtualization-patch-inline-replacements-for-fix.patch removed from -mm tree

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The patch titled
     paravirtualization-patch-inline-replacements-for (fix)
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     paravirtualization-patch-inline-replacements-for-fix.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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Subject: paravirtualization-patch-inline-replacements-for (fix)
From: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Don't abuse CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL, add CONFIG_DEBUG_PARAVIRT.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---

 arch/i386/Kconfig.debug        |   10 ++++++++++
 arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN arch/i386/Kconfig.debug~paravirtualization-patch-inline-replacements-for-fix arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug~paravirtualization-patch-inline-replacements-for-fix
+++ a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
@@ -85,4 +85,14 @@ config DOUBLEFAULT
           option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
           hair.
 
+config DEBUG_PARAVIRT
+	bool "Enable some paravirtualization debugging"
+	default y
+	depends on PARAVIRT && DEBUG_KERNEL
+	help
+	  Currently deliberately clobbers regs which are allowed to be
+	  clobbered in inlined paravirt hooks, even in native mode.
+	  If turning this off solves a problem, then DISABLE_INTERRUPTS() or
+	  ENABLE_INTERRUPTS() is lying about what registers can be clobbered.
+
 endmenu
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c~paravirtualization-patch-inline-replacements-for-fix arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c~paravirtualization-patch-inline-replacements-for-fix
+++ a/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patc
 
 		used = paravirt_ops.patch(p->instrtype, p->clobbers, p->instr,
 					  p->len);
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PARAVIRT
 		/* Deliberately clobber regs using "not %reg" to find bugs. */
 		for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
 			if (p->len - used >= 2 && (p->clobbers & (1 << i))) {
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
prep-for-paravirt-be-careful-about-touching-bios.patch
prep-for-paravirt-be-careful-about-touching-bios-warning-fix.patch
paravirtualization-header-and-stubs-for-fix.patch
paravirtualization-patch-inline-replacements-for-fix-2.patch
paravirtualization-patch-inline-replacements-for-fix-3.patch
paravirtualization-more-generic-paravirtualization-warning-fix.patch
generic-bug-implementation.patch
generic-bug-for-i386.patch
generic-bug-for-x86-64.patch
bug-test-1.patch

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