Patch "KVM: x86: remove WARN_ON from get_kernel_ns()" has been added to the 3.14-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    KVM: x86: remove WARN_ON from get_kernel_ns()

to the 3.14-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     kvm-x86-remove-warn_on-from-get_kernel_ns.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.


>From b351c39cc9e0151cee9b8d52a1e714928faabb38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:19:12 -0300
Subject: KVM: x86: remove WARN_ON from get_kernel_ns()

From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit b351c39cc9e0151cee9b8d52a1e714928faabb38 upstream.

Function and callers can be preempted.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73721

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1109,7 +1109,6 @@ static inline u64 get_kernel_ns(void)
 {
 	struct timespec ts;
 
-	WARN_ON(preemptible());
 	ktime_get_ts(&ts);
 	monotonic_to_bootbased(&ts);
 	return timespec_to_ns(&ts);


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx are

queue-3.14/kvm-x86-remove-warn_on-from-get_kernel_ns.patch
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