[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] linux/x86: eliminate nesting of run-queue locks inside xtime_lock

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 10.08.10 at 16:25, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 15:10 +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> From: Zdenek Salvet <salvet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> According to Debian bug 591362 this has been causing problems. While
>> no proof was given that the inverse lock order does actually occur
>> anywhere (with interrupts enabled), it is plain unnecessary to take
>> the risk.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I'm right in thinking this is for traditional Xen/Linux kernel only,
> aren't I?

Yes, absolutely.

Jan


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