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Re: [Xen-devel] unstable changeset 13416 (save restore: vcpu context sup
| To: | "Zhai, Edwin" <edwin.zhai@xxxxxxxxx>, Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-devel] unstable changeset 13416 (save restore: vcpu context support) ... |
| From: | Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:37:44 +0000 |
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On 22/1/07 2:06 am, "Zhai, Edwin" <edwin.zhai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> It's used by SMP guests when bringing up APs. So that change will have to be >> reverted. Thanks for spotting it! > > keir, > could you elaborate on this? does it means SMP guest save/restore failure? The change to vcpu_guest_context would have broken SMP bringup for old guests, since they know about the old layout of vcpu_guest_context. Reverting that change will have broken HVM save/restore entirely, but Tim has been making cleanups that should have fixed this again. -- Keir _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel |
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