On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 12:01:39PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > Linus, do you have a pointer to whatever version of the patch you tried? > > The patch was this: > > a) http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1835331 > > Then Jurgen had a patch: > https://lkml.kernel.org/g/CA+55aFxSRujj=cM1NkXYvxmo=y1hb1e3tglhdh1jdphzv6w...@mail.gmail.com > which was one fix for one bug that ended up being fixed in QEMU - so > it can be ignored. > > But my understanding of that thread was that it said patch 'a)' did not > fix Dave's issues - and the conversation went off on NMI watchdog? > > I will look up the giant thread to make sense.
No, you're right in that the patch didn't solve the issue at hand and that the conversation moved on into a different direction. But I would very much like to see it (or something very much like it) happen, because it does make the code much saner. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/