Re: [RFC v4 1/2] x86/xen: add xen_is_preemptible_hypercall()

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 05:40:45PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
> <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> > On kernels with voluntary or no preemption we can run
> > into situations where a hypercall issued through userspace
> > will linger around as it addresses sub-operatiosn in kernel
> > context (multicalls). Such operations can trigger soft lockup
> > detection.
> 
> Looks reasonable.

I'll add a reviewed-by...

  LUis
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