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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] ept: Fix bug in changeset 22526:7a5ee3800417

To: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] ept: Fix bug in changeset 22526:7a5ee3800417
From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:18:33 +0000
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George Dunlap writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH] ept: Fix bug in changeset 
22526:7a5ee3800417"):
> This fixes a bug in changeset 22526:7a5ee3800417, where the wrong
> value is read when deciding whether to flush the VTd tables.  The
> effect is minor: in situations where the p2m entry is changed but the
> mfn is the same, the VTd tables will be unnecessarily flushed.

Does this need applying to 4.1 before the release ?

Ian.

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