Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] x86/mm: pod: Use the correct memory flags for alloc_domheap_page{, s}

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 26/10/15 10:40, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 26.10.15 at 11:29, <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 23/10/15 11:33, Julien Grall wrote:
>>> Note that the patch has only been build tested.
>>
>> It would be nice if we could properly test the codepath in question
>> before checking it in, but we have lots of time before the release for
>> people to find this sort of thing.
> 
> To be honest, I'd rather put it in right away. There's no strict need
> to backport it, and in case there is a problem we can always fix/revert
> in -unstable. Most of the changes to memory hot (un)plug paths go
> in that way, due to the rareness of systems to test such on.

Indeed, that's what I meant -- we should check it in right away, to
maximize the possibility that if there is a bug, it will be caught in
all the testing (both ad-hoc and explicit) that will happen between now
and the next release.

 -George

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