On 03.05.2025 16:02, Ngamia Djabiri Julie wrote: > Dear Xen developers, > > I would like to ask if the following fix can also be included in Xen 4.17.6 > (and eventually in the Xen versions after 4.17.6 that don't have the fix) : > > https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=commitdiff;h=dd05d265b8abda4cc7206b29cd71b77fb46658bf > > This bug causes a boot loop in nested virtualization environments (for > instance nested environments that use VMware Workstation), making Xen unable > to start. It was introduced in version 4.17.3 and the fix has already be > included in 4.19(.2) and 4.20(.0) and woud be planned to be included in Xen > 4.18.6 in the coming weeks. > > Even though Xen 4.17 is in security-only support, this is an issue that > blocks testing and usage for users and projects such as Alpine Linux.
I fear I don't view this severe enough an issue to break the security-only status of that branch. People concerned ought to simply update to a branch where the bug was fixed. Or the distro could include a backport. The underlying consideration being that once we start making exceptions, more exceptions will be asked for, along the lines of ... > I am a student using Xen in a nested setup for Virtal Machine Introspection > (VMI), and including this fix in 4.17.6 would really help avoid these > problems for others in a similar case. ... what you say here. Jan
