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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 00/18] VM forking



On 16.01.2020 17:24, Tamas K Lengyel wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 8:47 AM Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 08.01.2020 18:13, Tamas K Lengyel wrote:
>>> Tamas K Lengyel (18):
>>>   x86/hvm: introduce hvm_copy_context_and_params
>>>   xen/x86: Make hap_get_allocation accessible
>>>   x86/mem_sharing: make get_two_gfns take locks conditionally
>>>   x86/mem_sharing: drop flags from mem_sharing_unshare_page
>>>   x86/mem_sharing: don't try to unshare twice during page fault
>>>   x86/mem_sharing: define mem_sharing_domain to hold some scattered
>>>     variables
>>>   x86/mem_sharing: Use INVALID_MFN and p2m_is_shared in
>>>     relinquish_shared_pages
>>>   x86/mem_sharing: Make add_to_physmap static and shorten name
>>>   x86/mem_sharing: Convert MEM_SHARING_DESTROY_GFN to a bool
>>
>> I've looked at these patches, and I think 2-4 and 7-9 could go
>> in right away (6 has a small question pending, but may otherwise
>> also be ready), if you were to give (or delegate) your ack that
>> they would need afaict. Thoughts?
>>
> 
> Not sure I understand your question. My understanding is that since
> I'm the maintainer of the code being changed by these patches I just
> need a "reviewed-by" from someone in the community and no outstanding
> issue on them.

Please note that my previous mail was _to_ George, with you only
_cc_-ed. Hence the question was to George, not you. (It is a
common issue which I keep mentioning on meetings that the
distinction of To and Cc is often not being honored, albeit
typically more by senders than recipients.)

> Provided this is v4 now of the series and no issues
> were raised so far for these particular patches they can be merged
> with your Reviewed-by.

I don't think so, under the current (sufficiently) common
understanding of the rules. See George's proposal to change to a
model like what you imply:
https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2020-01/msg00885.html

Jan

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