[ACTIVITY] week ending Nov. 4 2018

[Alex Bennée]

Upstream Work ([VIRT-109])
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- reviewed {Qemu-arm} {RFC v4 00/71} per-CPU locks Message-Id:
<***@flamenco>
- this is a precursor to Emilio's {RFC 00/48} Plugin support
Message-Id: <20181025172057.20414-1-***@braap.org>


[VIRT-109] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-109

QEMU Tooling ([VIRT-252])
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[VIRT-252] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-252

QEMU plugin support ([VIRT-280])

- go through Emilio's {RFC 00/48} Plugin support Message-Id:
<20181025172057.20414-1-***@braap.org> :todo
- port my example tools to his framework

[VIRT-280] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-280


Kernel Debug via gdbstub

- started re-spin of [KVM/QEMU guest debug fix]
- reviewed/tested problem fixed by {Qemu-devel} {PATCH 0/5}
target/arm: KVM vs ARMISARegisters Message-Id:
<20181024113709.16599-1-***@linaro.org>
- found a weird bug w.r.t single-stepping first instruction
- started down the debugging rabbit hole


[KVM/QEMU guest debug fix]
https://github.com/stsquad/qemu/tree/kvm/fix-breakpoints-v2


Other Tasks
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- Wrote up [KVM Forum 2018 report]
- started looking at {RFC PATCH v2 00/23} KVM: arm64: Initial support
for SVE guests Message-Id:
<1538141967-15375-1-git-send-email-***@arm.com>


[KVM Forum 2018 report]
https://collaborate.linaro.org/display/CR/20181024+KVM+Forum+2018


Completed Reviews [2/2]
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{PATCH v2 0/3} Modern shell scripting (use $() instead of ``)
Message-Id: <20181018031723.23459-1-***@cmss.chinamobile.com>

- CLOSING NOTE [2018-10-31 Wed 15:37]
The bit that touched bootstrap was fine


{Qemu-arm} {RFC v4 00/71} per-CPU locks
Message-Id: <***@flamenco>

- CLOSING NOTE [2018-10-31 Wed 16:58]
Looks good, needs a minor tweak for linux-user mode. Will check
final patches on the next iteration.

Absences
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- Christmas Holidays
- Connect BKK19 (1-5th April 2019)

Current Review Queue
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* {RFC 00/48} Plugin support
Message-Id: <20181025172057.20414-1-***@braap.org>
* {RFC PATCH v2 00/23} KVM: arm64: Initial support for SVE guests
Message-Id: <1538141967-15375-1-git-send-email-***@arm.com>
* {PATCH 0/7} Acceptance Tests: basic architecture support
Message-Id: <20181004151429.7232-1-***@redhat.com>
* {PATCH v7 00/19} Fixing record/replay and adding reverse debugging
Message-Id: <***@pasha-VirtualBox>
* {PATCH v2 0/3} Bootstrap Python venv and acceptance/functional tests
Message-Id: <20181009041826.19462-1-***@redhat.com>
* {Qemu-arm} {PATCH 00/13} target/arm: Implement v8M stack limit checks
Message-Id: <20181002163556.10279-1-***@linaro.org>
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Alex Bennée