Re: [Xen-devel] ARM: Request backport for Xen 4.6 and Xen 4.5

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/12/16 07:19, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 01.12.16 at 18:58, <julien.grall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> While testing XSA-201, I noticed that Xen 4.5 and 4.5 were not able to 
>> boot on the Foundation Model [1].
>>
>> The Foundation Model is a free model provided by ARM for ARMv8 which is 
>> supported by Xen since the beginning.
>>
>> I am able to Xen boot after applying the patch:
>>
>> eb6fe7a "arm64: fix incorrect memory region size in TCR_EL2"
>>
>> So would it be possible to backport this patch in Xen 4.6 and Xen 4.5?
> I'll let Stefano take care of the 4.6 part (if he deems it reasonable),
> but I'd like to point out that 4.5 is closed for non-security fixes (see
> lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html).

In this case, I'd argue for accepting the change as it is a blocker to
developing the security fix.

~Andrew

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