Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:16:22 -0700 | | From | Chris Wright <> | | Subject | Re: [2.6.23-rc1 REGRESSION] CPU hotplug totally broken on HPC nx6325 (x86_64) |
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* Linus Torvalds (torvalds@linux-foundation.org) wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Chris Wright wrote: > > This also fixes paravirt patching which was broken when text_poke() > > tried to patch the various pv ops in lookup_address. > > Hmm. What is "this"? The revert?
Yes, sorry, your revert also fixes paravirt patching.
> That said, I do wonder whether virtualization still has problems with > CONFIG_RODATA, though. We limit the RODATA memory ranges based on KPROBES > and HOTPLUG_CPU, but not based on VIRTUALIZATION. > > I'd expect any virtualization fixups to hit the same problems that the SMP > alternatives hit. No?
Hmm, patching should've already happened, and aside of module loading, isn't typically done again. I think it's OK as it is.
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