On Thu, 26 Jan 2017, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 26/01/2017 00:50, Eric Wheeler wrote: > > 609e36d372a KVM: x86: pass host_initiated to functions that read MSRs > > 81b1b9ca6d5 KVM: VMX: Fix host initiated access to guest MSR_TSC_AUX > > > > Thus, we need to either: > > 1. Revert commit 8a3185c54d650a86dafc8d8bcafa124b50944315 > > - or - > > 2. Merge commits 609e36d372a and 81b1b9ca6d5 into 4.1.y. > > > > If you choose the latter options, then please see below for the backport > > patch of 81b1b9ca6d5 (609e36d372a cherry-picks just fine). > > > > What do you believe would be best? > > The latter is better. > > Paolo Hi Greg, Paolo suggests cherry-picking the dependent commits with the backport patch instead of reverting the original patch. Do you need anything more in this thread to bring this into v4.1.y? Its an "Option 3" according to Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt with dependent commits so I'm not sure if you want this formatted any differently to make your merge easy---let me know. Thanks! -- Eric Wheeler -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html