Re: [PATCH v5 4/5] x86/paravirt: switch mixed paravirt/alternative calls to alternative_2

2023-12-08 Thread Juergen Gross
On 08.12.23 13:57, Borislav Petkov wrote: On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 12:53:47PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: Took me a while to find it. Patch 5 was repairing the issue again Can't have that. Any patch in any set must build and boot successfully for bisection reasons. Of course. The problem

Re: [PATCH v5 4/5] x86/paravirt: switch mixed paravirt/alternative calls to alternative_2

2023-12-08 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 12:53:47PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > Took me a while to find it. Patch 5 was repairing the issue again Can't have that. Any patch in any set must build and boot successfully for bisection reasons. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris.

Re: [PATCH v5 4/5] x86/paravirt: switch mixed paravirt/alternative calls to alternative_2

2023-12-08 Thread Juergen Gross
On 06.12.23 12:08, Borislav Petkov wrote: On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 02:33:31PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: Instead of stacking alternative and paravirt patching, use the new ALT_FLAG_CALL flag to switch those mixed calls to pure alternative handling. This eliminates the need to be careful