On Mittwoch, 18. Januar 2017 11:08:48 CET Larry Finger wrote: > On 01/15/2017 11:49 AM, Larry Finger wrote: > > On 01/06/2017 11:06 AM, Larry Finger wrote: > >> On 01/06/2017 08:06 AM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > >>> Hi Larry, > >>> > >>> On Dienstag, 3. Januar 2017 21:48:06 CET Larry Finger wrote: > >>>> On 12/27/2016 11:16 AM, Larry Finger wrote: > >>>>> On 12/27/2016 10:56 AM, Larry Finger wrote: > >>>>>> In kernel 4.10-rc1, the kernel routines register_cpu_notifier() and > >>>>>> unregister_cpu_notifier() have been removed and their function > >>>>>> replaced by > >>>>>> callbacks from the hotplug state machine. After looking at the changes > >>>>>> required > >>>>>> in some other drivers, I have seen that the required changes will not > >>>>>> be > >>>>>> trivial. Before I start doing the work, I want to know if the changes > >>>>>> have > >>>>>> been > >>>>>> started and/or done by Oracle. > >>>>> > >>>>> One thing I failed to mention. Commit 7fd8329ba502 in 4.10-rc1 also > >>>>> messes up > >>>>> the ability to define true/false in an out-of-kernel driver. I have > >>>>> submitted a > >>>>> kernel patch to fix this > >>>>> (http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1612.3/00086.html), but it > >>>>> has not > >>>>> yet been merged or received any comments. > >>>> > >>>> My patch was merged today. It has not yet hit mainline, but I expect it > >>>> to be > >>>> there as of 4.10-rc3. I still have no fix for the missing > >>>> register_cpu_notifier(), etc. > >>> > >>> thanks for the information. I assume we will do it like the Linux kernel > >>> and use > >>> cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls() to register CPU hotplug callbacks. But before > >>> we can > >>> provide a fix we need to do a few tests. > >> > >> I think that is the correct approach, but I have not had time to actually > >> do it > >> yet. Unlike most API changes, this one is a bit more intrusive. Once you > >> get a > >> patch, I would be pleased to help test it. Having to boot an old kernel to > >> run a > >> VM is getting old. In addition, the openSUSE kernel HEAD project is running > >> 4.10-rcX kernels, and the VB build fails every time they trigger a new > >> build. > > > > Version 5.1.14 has a proper fix, which is better than the hack I posted. In > addition, the fix for the true/false problem was merged into kernel mainline > yesterday. It will definitely be in kernel 4.10-rc5.
Right Larry, I forgot to mention this. Thanks for your efforts in this regards! Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert | Software Development Director, VirtualBox ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Werkstr. 24 | 71384 Weinstadt, Germany ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Hauptverwaltung: Riesstraße 25, D-80992 München Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Jan Schultheiss, Val Maher _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list vbox-dev@virtualbox.org https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
