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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [104/223] KVM: Write protect memory after slot swap
On 12/13/2010 11:03 AM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > On 12/13/2010 10:58 AM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> >> > On 12/13/2010 01:46 AM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> >> >> 2.6.35-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please
> >> let
> >> >> me know.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > The way kvm stable updates work, Marcelo and I collect the patches,
> >> > autotest them, and submit them to the stable maintainers. This way
> >> the
> >> > first stable users don't get to be the first ones to actually test
> >> the
> >> > new fixes.
> >>
> >> This should be the (nearly) end point of this process for 2.6.35.
> >
> > Sorry, I don't follow. Please elaborate.
>
> People submit the patches to stable@kernel.org
> Greg collects them for his stable and long term kernels.
> I pick them up them for 2.6.35-longterm. Others for their longterm
> kernels.
>
> Then after some time the collected patches get posted for the 48hour
> review period, as described in the stable rules. That is what you
> saw here. After that they get released.
>
> If you have any objections to this particular patch please let me
> know.

I don't have an objection to the patch, rather to the methodology where
stable kernels are more or less totally untested. I would like at least
the kvm part to see some testing before it sees users. The process we
worked out with Greg is:

- Greg rejects kvm patches (but not virtio etc) pointing submitters to
the kvm maintainers
- The kvm maintainers collect stable kvm patches and autotest them
- They then submit the patches to stable@

The process is slower than the standard stable process but results in
something that is less likely to fail.

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function



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