Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3.2 110/110] x86/ldt: Make modify_ldt synchronous

2015-08-11 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2015-08-10 at 09:47 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk wrote: 3.2.71-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Andy Lutomirski l...@kernel.org commit

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3.2 110/110] x86/ldt: Make modify_ldt synchronous

2015-08-10 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk wrote: 3.2.71-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Andy Lutomirski l...@kernel.org commit 37868fe113ff2ba814b3b4eb12df214df555f8dc upstream. Unfortunately, this

[Xen-devel] [PATCH 3.2 110/110] x86/ldt: Make modify_ldt synchronous

2015-08-10 Thread Ben Hutchings
3.2.71-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Andy Lutomirski l...@kernel.org commit 37868fe113ff2ba814b3b4eb12df214df555f8dc upstream. modify_ldt() has questionable locking and does not synchronize threads. Improve it: redesign the