Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] x86/ldt: Make modify_ldt synchronous
On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote: > On 30/07/2015 22:31, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> Note to -stable maintainers: by itself, this patch makes a >> pre-existing Xen bug much easier to trigger; on a 32-bit Xen guest, >> the new ldt_gdt selftest is likely to OOPS. Even without this >> patch, the test can OOPS, but it's much less likely to happen. The >> Xen maintainers should have a fix for that issue shortly. > > All Xen issues should be fixed by patch 1 now. > Whoops, right. That paragraph in the changelog can be deleted. > ~Andrew -- Andy Lutomirski AMA Capital Management, LLC -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] x86/ldt: Make modify_ldt synchronous
On 30/07/2015 22:31, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > Note to -stable maintainers: by itself, this patch makes a > pre-existing Xen bug much easier to trigger; on a 32-bit Xen guest, > the new ldt_gdt selftest is likely to OOPS. Even without this > patch, the test can OOPS, but it's much less likely to happen. The > Xen maintainers should have a fix for that issue shortly. All Xen issues should be fixed by patch 1 now. ~Andrew -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] x86/ldt: Make modify_ldt synchronous
On 30/07/2015 22:31, Andy Lutomirski wrote: Note to -stable maintainers: by itself, this patch makes a pre-existing Xen bug much easier to trigger; on a 32-bit Xen guest, the new ldt_gdt selftest is likely to OOPS. Even without this patch, the test can OOPS, but it's much less likely to happen. The Xen maintainers should have a fix for that issue shortly. All Xen issues should be fixed by patch 1 now. ~Andrew -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] x86/ldt: Make modify_ldt synchronous
On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Andrew Cooper andrew.coop...@citrix.com wrote: On 30/07/2015 22:31, Andy Lutomirski wrote: Note to -stable maintainers: by itself, this patch makes a pre-existing Xen bug much easier to trigger; on a 32-bit Xen guest, the new ldt_gdt selftest is likely to OOPS. Even without this patch, the test can OOPS, but it's much less likely to happen. The Xen maintainers should have a fix for that issue shortly. All Xen issues should be fixed by patch 1 now. Whoops, right. That paragraph in the changelog can be deleted. ~Andrew -- Andy Lutomirski AMA Capital Management, LLC -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
