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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] x86: fix the potential of encountering panic
| To: | Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] x86: fix the potential of encountering panic "IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! ..." |
| From: | Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:23:33 +0000 |
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On 12/12/2008 09:13, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> From all I can tell, the below reproduced full description of the >> original Linux patch applies to Xen, too - at least in the watchdog >> enabled case IRQs can be enabled when entering setup_IO_APIC(). My >> attention to this change really got caught just by the fact that it got >> added to our (2.6.16-based) SLE10 kernel pretty recently. > > note that we had to revert that eventually. The real solution is an array > of fixes from Maciej spread out over many months. Does it do more harm than good on some systems, or is it simply not a comprehensive fix? -- Keir _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel |
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