Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V2] arch: arm: vgic-v3: fix GICD_ISACTIVER range

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 26 Nov 2019, Julien Grall wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 26/11/2019 20:43, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > + Juergen
> > 
> > I missed that you weren't in CC to the original patch, sorry.
> > I think this patch should go in, as otherwise Linux 5.4 could run into
> > problems. It is also a pretty straightforward 4 lines patch.
> 
> 5.5 (or 5.6) is not going to run on Xen for other reasons (still in the
> vGIC)... So I would not view this as critical.

5.5 is not out yet, in fact, the dev window has just opened. Isn't your
statement a bit premature?

In any case, even if potential future Linux releases could have other
additional issues, I don't think it should change our current view on
this specific issue which affects 5.4, just released.

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