linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix vde network backend in user mode linux

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Date:	Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:07:09 +0800
From:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Luca Bigliardi <shammash@...ha.org>
Cc:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, trivial@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jdike@...toit.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix vde network backend in user mode linux

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 02:23:45PM +0100, Luca Bigliardi wrote:
>On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 08:49 PM, Américo Wang wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 01:38:46PM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
>> >
>> >[ doesn't seem to be picked up by anyone into current -next nor -mmotm, 
>> >  but isn't appropriate for trivial; adding akpm to cc ]
>> >
>> >On Mon, 2 Feb 2009, Luca Bigliardi wrote:
>> >
>> >> * Replace kmalloc() with uml_kmalloc()
>> >>   (fix build failure)
>> 
>> 
>> Weird... I sent a patch for this several months ago! I thought
>> Jeff had already taken it... No?
>
>I did as well (in June/July 08 IIRC) through usermodelinux-devel mailing
>list but the patch didn't hit, so this time I've tried this way.

The problem is _not_ that I don't like you to fix it again, it _is_
that Jeff said he queued a same patch[1] but he didn't push it. :)

1. http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/23/142


>
>> >> * Remove unnecessary UM_KERN_INFO in printk()
>> >>   (don't display '<6>' while printing info)
>> 
>> But why only this one, not other UM_KERN_INFO in the same file?
>
>Other lines are preceded by a 'new_text_line' so vprintk 'eats' the token.

Ok then, thank you!

Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <wangcong@...ux.org>


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