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(p200300d82f4e3200c99da38b3f3ad4b3.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [2003:d8:2f4e:3200:c99d:a38b:3f3a:d4b3]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-429930e35casm833065f8f.30.2025.10.24.07.51.51 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 24 Oct 2025 07:51:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <70723f4a-f42b-4d94-9344-5824e48bfad1@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:51:50 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/13] x86/xen: use lazy_mmu_state when context-switching To: David Woodhouse , Kevin Brodsky , linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Gordeev , Andreas Larsson , Andrew Morton , Boris Ostrovsky , Borislav Petkov , Catalin Marinas , Christophe Leroy , Dave Hansen , "David S. Miller" , "H. Peter Anvin" , Ingo Molnar , Jann Horn , Juergen Gross , "Liam R. 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We can therefore check that >>> state when switching to the new task, instead of using a separate >>> TIF flag. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky >>> --- >> >> >> Looks ok to me, but I hope we get some confirmation from x86 / xen >> folks. > > > I know tglx has shouted at me in the past for precisely this reminder, > but you know you can test Xen guests under QEMU/KVM now and don't need > to actually run Xen? Has this been boot tested? And after that, boot-testing sparc as well? :D If it's easy, why not. But other people should not suffer for all the XEN hacks we keep dragging along. -- Cheers David / dhildenb