ACK: [SRU][Bionic][Cosmic][PATCH 0/1] x86/kvm: fix LAPIC timer drift when guest uses periodic
Kleber Souza
kleber.souza at canonical.com
Fri Jul 27 09:08:05 UTC 2018
On 06/29/18 15:22, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778486
>
> == SRU Justification ==
> This patch fixes a regression introduced by mainline commit
> 8003c9ae204e in v4.10. Without this new patch, OpenBSD guests encounter
> timing issues when running under bionic kernel.
>
> See also:
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg161311.html
>
> == Fix ==
> d8f2f498d9ed ("x86/kvm: fix LAPIC timer drift when guest uses periodic mode")
>
> == Regression Potential ==
> Low. This fixes a current regression.
>
> == Test Case ==
> A test kernel was built with this patch and tested by the original bug reporter.
> The bug reporter states the test kernel resolved the bug.
>
> David Vrabel (1):
> x86/kvm: fix LAPIC timer drift when guest uses periodic mode
>
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
Acked-by: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <kleber.souza at canonical.com>
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