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[Xen-devel] [PATCH] nestedsvm: fix host crash with pv-on-hvm Linux KVM g

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Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] nestedsvm: fix host crash with pv-on-hvm Linux KVM guest
From: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 13:47:30 +0200
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Nested SVM was unaware of the HVM direct vector eventchn mechanism. Attached patch fixes a host crash when starting a KVM L2 guest on a pv-on-hvm L1 Linux guest (e.g., HVM Debian Squeeze domU).

Signed-off-by: Uwe Dannowski <Uwe.Dannowski@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>

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