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SubjectRe: [RFC v4 1/2] x86/xen: add xen_is_preemptible_hypercall()
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> wrote:
> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com>
>
> On kernels with voluntary or no preemption we can run
> into situations where a hypercall issued through userspace
> will linger around as it addresses sub-operatiosn in kernel
> context (multicalls). Such operations can trigger soft lockup
> detection.

Looks reasonable.

--Andy


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