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Re: [Xen-devel] Is: [PATCH] x86/paravirt: PTE updates in k(un)map_atomic

To: "Christopher S. Aker" <caker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Is: [PATCH] x86/paravirt: PTE updates in k(un)map_atomic need to be synchronous, regardless of lazy_mmu mode. Was: Re: [PATCH] x86/paravirt: Partially revert "remove lazy mode in interrupts"
From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:19:54 -0400
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On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 01:55:14PM -0400, Christopher S. Aker wrote:
> >This patch fixes an outstanding issue that has been reported since
> >2.6.37. Under a heavy loaded machine processing "fork()" calls could
> >keepover with:
> 
> I noticed this patch is not in Linux 3.1 -- was this fixed some
> other way, or is it still in mainline's pipeline somewhere?

Hmm, it was in Andrew's tree, but you are right  - I am not seeing it in 3.1.
Let me double check Andrew's tree.

> 
> Thanks,
> -Chris

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