Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758894Ab3IBQ2K (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Sep 2013 12:28:10 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:16602 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756122Ab3IBQ2H (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Sep 2013 12:28:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 19:27:56 +0300 From: Gleb Natapov To: Paolo Bonzini Cc: Xiao Guangrong , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, glin@suse.de, agraf@suse.de, brogers@suse.de, afaerber@suse.de, lnussel@suse.de, edk2-devel@lists.sf.net, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: mmu: allow page tables to be in read-only slots Message-ID: <20130902162755.GI10142@redhat.com> References: <1377866497-3866-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com> <20130901091744.GF22899@redhat.com> <52245D81.7060402@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20130902094907.GP22899@redhat.com> <522462D6.8090806@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20130902101114.GR22899@redhat.com> <5224B5B1.30401@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5224B5B1.30401@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1159 Lines: 26 On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 05:58:41PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Il 02/09/2013 12:11, Gleb Natapov ha scritto: > >> > > >> > Got it, thanks for your explanation. > >> > > >> > BTW, if you and Paolo are busy on other things, i am happy to fix these issues. :) > > I am busy with reviews mostly :). If you are not to busy with lockless > > write protection then fine with me. Lest wait for Paolo's input on > > proposed API though. > > No problem, I'm happy to do this kind of exercise. I like the API you > proposed. I can do this change on top of the API change. However, > since this bug is "in the wild" it may be applicable to stable@ as well. > If you agree, I will also post v2 of this patch for stable kernels as > soon as we agree on the desired faulting behavior. > I am OK with having minimal patch for backporting to stable and doing API changes + fixes for other call sites on top. -- Gleb. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/