On 9/25/2021 11:27 PM, Elliott Mitchell wrote:
The second we seem to have a fix. The only question is how many patches to cherry pick? bc141e8ca562 is non-urgent as it is merely superficial and not needed for functionality. 5a4087004d1a is a workaround for Linux kernel breakage, but how likely are we to see that fixed in the Linux kernel packages? The fix is well-contained and needed for some highly popular ARM devices.
I suspect that depends on how highly motivated Debian is to support those highly popular ARM devices not just with Linux, but with Linux as a Xen Dom0 on those devices. Even if they are highly popular devices, what matters, ultimately, I think, is if there is a reason for them to be popular as devices that run a Xen dom0. Then maybe there is a chance to get some patches into the Linux kernel for this purpose. Just my two cents, FWIW.
