Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xenpaging: use poll timeout if no paging target exists

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 17:14 +0100, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 07, Ian Campbell wrote:
> 
> > > +    /* Use a poll timeout until xenpaging got a target from xenstore */
> > > +    paging->use_poll_timeout = 1;
> > 
> > Don't you want a negative (== infinite) timeout in this case?
> 
> Maybe, but this change is the simplest fix for the isse.
> Waiting forever may have bad side effects, this is something to consider
> for 4.3.

We are in the 4.3 development window now, and this patch didn't say
anything about being for 4.2.

I think this fix (or the larger one) are 4.2.1 material at this point.

Ian


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