Re: [PATCH] Bugfix for VMI paravirt ops

[Zachary Amsden]

Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Zachary Amsden wrote:
>   
> > Well at this point, the "proper" fix is dependent on Jeremy's
> > kmap_atomic_pte changes, which are definitely too late to pull into
> > 2.6.21.  Can we just apply this patch please? 
> >     
>
> Hm, I think they're independent aren't they?  Your fix is about making
> lazy_mmu disable interrupts; that's independent of how highpte pages get
> mapped.

No, they are totally dependent.  The reason interrupts are disabled is 
to stop kmap_atomic in interrupt handlers.  With the kmap_atomic_pte 
changes, the whole interrupt disable jibberish goes away.

Zach
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