Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 2/2] x86/xen: allow privcmd hypercalls to be preempted on 64-bit

From: Andrew Cooper
Date: Tue Jan 27 2015 - 05:01:34 EST


On 27/01/15 08:35, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 27.01.15 at 02:51, <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Even if David told you this would be acceptable, I have to question
> an abstract model of fixing issues on only 64-bit kernels - this may
> be acceptable for distro purposes, but seems hardly the right
> approach for upstream. If 32-bit ones are to become deliberately
> broken, the XEN config option should become dependent on !X86_32.

There are still legitimate reasons to prefer 32bit PV guests over 64bit
ones. Previous versions of this patch had 32bit support as well. Why
did you drop it?

~Andrew
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