VMI bug fix.

[Tim Gardner]

Alok Kataria wrote:
> Hi Tim, Stefan,
> 
> Below is a patch which i posted on LKML, this fixes a critical bug in
> the VMI paravirt code. Without this patch users could see random hangs
> or performance drops running a VMI kernel. 
> Given that Ubuntu has PARAVIRT enabled by default, any 32bit kernel
> running on VMware platform will see this problem.
> 
> This bug slipped in the kernel in 2.6.25 time frame. So the fix is
> needed only for the Ubuntu Intrepid and Jaunty series.
> Hardy is good in its current state.
> 
> Here is the link to the LKML discussion. 
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/5/542
> 
> The patch is merged in Ingo's tip tree and should be merged in mainline
> in the 29.rc-5 cycle. Commit details are

Alok - thanks for the note. We'll pick this up as soon as it is released
as part of the stable update series.

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com