RE: [PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually

From	"Prakhya, Sai Praneeth" <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	RE: [PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually
Date	2017-09-11 09:20 +0200
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> So, in summary it seems that the primary kernel boot _fails_ with your
> v2 patchset on the real hardware for me irrespective of whether I use Matt's
> tree or Linus's tree:
> 
> a) I would suggest that you perform some more checks on real hardware as
> qemu boot tests sometimes do not expose the problems we might see when
> booting a kernel on efi capable hardware.
> 
> b) Also do note that both Matt's tree and Linus's tree work fine on this hardware
> for me (with the 'nopcid' added to the bootargs)
> 

Hi Bhupesh,

Thanks a lot! for the detailed explanation. I will address these issues in V3.

Regards,
Sai

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[PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com> - 2017-08-29 01:50 +0200
  [PATCH V2 2/3] x86/efi: Replace efi_pgd with efi_mm.pgd Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com> - 2017-08-29 01:50 +0200
  [PATCH V2 3/3] x86/efi: Use efi_switch_mm() rather than manually twiddling with %cr3 Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com> - 2017-08-29 01:50 +0200
  [PATCH V2 1/3] efi: Use efi_mm in x86 as well as ARM Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com> - 2017-08-29 01:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@redhat.com> - 2017-09-02 16:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@redhat.com> - 2017-09-02 16:30 +0200
      RE: [PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually "Prakhya, Sai Praneeth" <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com> - 2017-09-03 09:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@redhat.com> - 2017-09-05 09:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com> - 2017-09-06 04:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com> - 2017-09-06 04:50 +0200
              RE: [PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually "Prakhya, Sai Praneeth" <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com> - 2017-09-06 11:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@redhat.com> - 2017-09-08 14:00 +0200
                RE: [PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually "Prakhya, Sai Praneeth" <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com> - 2017-09-11 09:20 +0200

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